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Were northgate keyboard really that good?
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:40 am
by dan
Anandtech is reviewing a mechanical keyboard and I see some user posts on northgate keyboard. Can someone comment?
Re: Were northgate keyboard really that good?
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:15 am
by NeilBlanchard
The are the most robust keyboard I have ever seen. They also have an extra set of Function keys on the left side. All of them that I have seen are AT keyboards, so that alone tells you how long they last and how much folks who use them like them.
Re: Were northgate keyboard really that good?
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 8:05 am
by dan
NeilBlanchard wrote:The are the most robust keyboard I have ever seen. They also have an extra set of Function keys on the left side. All of them that I have seen are AT keyboards, so that alone tells you how long they last and how much folks who use them like them.
given keyboards nowadays cost like $10 why is robust necessary?
from what Ive heard the tactile feel of the keyboard is something you have to feel to believe it. I wish I could!!!
Re: Were northgate keyboard really that good?
Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:59 pm
by NeilBlanchard
Because disposable anything is bad. When you throw something away -- where is away?
Re: Were northgate keyboard really that good?
Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2012 5:08 pm
by aristide1
They were built like tanks, they weighed quite a bit for a keyboard.
They were the Mercedes of keyboards, so some status was associated with them.
At the time other keyboards were very much on the low quality side.