Comment by deno
8 hours ago
I mean let's not be hasty. Mechanical keyboards used to be just normal keyboards when computers were still computers.
8 hours ago
I mean let's not be hasty. Mechanical keyboards used to be just normal keyboards when computers were still computers.
That is a fair argument. I don't know why they dropped out of favour - price? Noise?
My guess would be price. Shoppers probably got more sensitive to the price of a keyboard as the price of computers dropped, and approximately none of them were choosing between two computer-bundles at the store with any regard for keyboard quality.
Most people and companies just use the keyboard that shipped with the computer. I don't think noise is as much of an issue as people make it out be.
Marketing made up this story about linear switches being for gamers. So now every mechanical keyboard needs to make unnecessary noise and offer extra resistance for harder bottom out or you're not a serious typist.
But that's not inherent to the keyboard. Linear switches are not any louder than cheapo office high-profile membrane.