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Eight Best Computer Keyboards 5

by Evan Shamoon on September 5, 2008 at 12:01 AM



Das Keyboard

The original Das Keyboard set itself apart because of its spectacular build quality and subversive, hacker-friendly minimalism: Not only did the keyboard do away with any unnecessary features (dedicated volume and e-mail buttons, and the like), it even did away with the most basic feature of all: letters on the keys. The Professional, thank goodness, adds back the latter, and like its blank cousin, is a great, clicky keyboard that exudes simplicity and quality, if nothing else. Marketed as the "best mechanical key switches available," the keys are composed of German-engineered, gold-plated key switches: You hear every click, but if you like that 'cause, say, motivates you, then this keyboard is hard to beat (it's challenged by the SteelSeries). The keys are easily removed and cleaned, and even those with a light touch will love the responsiveness. Plus, you gotta love the whole '80s-retro vibe of Das Keyboard, if that's your thing.

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