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  • Solidstate89 - Friday, July 15, 2016 - link

    Ahh yes, the Zalman ZM-K650WP. That just rolls right off the tongue.
  • austinsguitar - Sunday, July 17, 2016 - link

    comment = 9.4/10 :^)
  • iamkyle - Sunday, July 17, 2016 - link

    Yes.

    ZalMan-Keyboard650WaterProof.

    It just makes sense.

    Better than "Macbook Air"...by which you mean "Macbook Air Mid-2011 Afternoon Shift Sub-of-the-day Rainy Morning Refresh"
  • austinsguitar - Sunday, July 17, 2016 - link

    comment = 9.8/10 (^:
  • BurntMyBacon - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link

    @Solidstate89: "Ahh yes, the Zalman ZM-K650WP. That just rolls right off the tongue."

    Sure. Tongue firmly in cheek I assume.
  • dhotay - Friday, July 15, 2016 - link

    Make it dishwasher-safe and you've perfected the idea.
  • StevoLincolnite - Saturday, July 16, 2016 - link

    Give it a back-light and big writing on the keys and they are onto the perfect keyboard for old farts.
  • lmcd - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link

    Ok ^this would actually be a killer feature.
  • Flunk - Friday, July 15, 2016 - link

    I see a lot of these being bought by internet cafes.
  • Michael Bay - Friday, July 15, 2016 - link

    Certainly. I`d buy one too if not for the horrible lettering.
  • Murloc - Saturday, July 16, 2016 - link

    who cares about the lettering
  • Michael Bay - Saturday, July 16, 2016 - link

    People with functioning eyes.
  • hpglow - Saturday, July 16, 2016 - link

    If you need to look at it you have no idea how to type. That thing could be blank for all I care. Membrane kb used to suck have they improved?
  • BrokenCrayons - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link

    I've been happily tapping out novels on membrane keyboards for years without any problems. Mechanical keyboards are also okay as well, but hardware manufacturers have done a very good job convincing a small segment of the population into being enamored with them despite the fact that they simply don't add much in the way of utility or tangible benefit. If you're in the market for a keyboard, skip the hype and the occasional person claiming there's some special sauce that fixes RSI or makes them a better gamer. Most of that can't be proven and is typically driven by the buyer's own emotional need to justify their rainbow hue mechanical keyboard to himself in much the same way that same person would speak highly of a car or home they'd purchased that they secretly think poorly of, but are compelled to express excitement about to others to save face...usually to an audience of people who don't really care either way.
  • lmcd - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link

    What's really funny about that is I *know* I don't get a ton of practical speed out of them. But it's one less thing for me to get distracted by, which increases my functional typing speed more than my measured "typing test" edition.
  • lmcd - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link

    *literal speed

    for once I actually meant to use "literal" somewhere
  • BurntMyBacon - Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - link

    @hpglow: "Membrane kb used to suck have they improved?"

    Depends on how you type. If you are the type that bottoms out your keys with every key press (like the vast majority), then there are membrane keyboards that should do fine. Probably 95% of all keyboard users would continue to bottom out their keys even after switching to a mechanical keyboard. For the 5% (being really generous here) that don't, mechanical keyboards have some very marginal latency benefits. As for feel, some people like the tactile response (an sometimes audible click) of the mechanical switches. There are no mechanical keyboards available that will replicate this. Note: Not all membrane keys are created equal. Some of the worst membrane keys I've ever used were on the auxiliary keys of Corsairs first (mostly) mechanical keyboard. These keys felt like mush to press. One of the better ones I've used was a "gaming" full membrane model (interestingly) from the same company.
  • Michael Bay - Saturday, July 23, 2016 - link

    I should have known I`m talking to some secretary robot thing.
  • JoeyJoJo123 - Friday, July 15, 2016 - link

    But is the keyboard splooge proof?

    https://youtu.be/QPCDoANDkl4?t=4m34s
  • Samus - Friday, July 15, 2016 - link

    This isn't anything new. HP sells a washable business keyboard (and mouse, for that matter) marketed toward corporate environments...specifically the medical community.

    HP, however, charges $100 for the keyboard and $50 for the mouse. I've seen them on eBay new for around $70. So this is actually quite a deal for those in the market for such a thing.
  • Samus - Friday, July 15, 2016 - link

    Nevermind, haven't looked in awhile. The HP keyboards are $20.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/577495-161-576861-161-HP-M...
  • wumpus - Sunday, July 17, 2016 - link

    Bring back the Atari 400!

    (for younger whippersnappers, the Atari 400 was an unbelievably powerful computer for the time (ok, it needed 3rd party ram boards to be competitive, but they were available quicker than you would think), but included a keyboard that made touch typing impossible.

    It was essentially an Atari 5600 (the game console from a few years later) with a "cute computer-like keyboard" shipped in 1979. Fortunately, after you bought enough of the rest of the system, you could always upgrade to an Atari 800 (or various XL computers if you took long enough) and it would mostly be compatible (everything except the memory card, but you probably couldn't sell the 400 without it).

    Note for Amiga fans: this was the computer Jay Miner made before the Amiga.
  • lefty2 - Friday, July 15, 2016 - link

    But how is it for typing? Is it as good as a regular keyboard?
  • Paul Tarnowski - Friday, July 15, 2016 - link

    Main reason why I wouldn't bother with this thing is because my RSI kicks right up when on a membrane keyboard. A Cherry MX Red keyboard made that disappear within a month of getting it. It's been golden since, plus I can actually type faster (after having gotten used to the layout and having stopped mis-typing so much).
  • Ascaris - Saturday, July 16, 2016 - link

    So, what you're saying is that you couldn't "bare" to go back to a membrane keyboard. Nudge nudge, wink wink...
  • Paul Tarnowski - Saturday, July 16, 2016 - link

    Know what I mean gov?
  • azrael- - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link

    I'm sure the only one not getting it is Ian... :P
  • LostWander - Monday, July 18, 2016 - link

    Say no more, say no more

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