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For those who love the Happy Hacking Keyboard (See: Happy Hacking Keyboard review.), there's good news. There's a competitor, called “KBC Poker keyboard”, from Taiwan.
Note the dark engraved key labels on this preview model. This means the labels won't rub out. This is high quality, much more expensive to manufacture than your Microsoft ＆ Logitech mass-marketed keyboards. (See: Microsoft ＆ Logitech Keyboards Gallery.)
This keyboard is available in any of mechanical switch of Cherry MX {Blue, Brows, Black, Red} versions. Note that the Professional models of HHKB also use mechanical key switch — Topre key switch. It is supposedly even better than Cherry switches. (See: Guide to Computer Keyboard Key Switch Mechanisms.)
Note that in the some models of these keyboards, there's no arrow keys. Also, they don't have {F1, F2, …} keys, no Page Up Page Down keys. You have to press a key combination (with Fn). That means, it's immediate NO for me.
Here's a forum in China about this keyboard: bbs.kbc-china.com.
For those who love full-sized keyboard with mechanical switches, there's Ducky keyboard, again from Taiwan. (Cherry Brown switch, Cherry Blue for the numerical keypad keys. Model DK9008) The company site is duckykeyboard.com.
This keyboard seems to feature full n-key rollover. (See: Keyboard Ghosting ＆ N-key Rollover: How Many Keys Your Keyboard Can Take?.)
Also, note the black-on-black key labels. According to a blogger, the buyer can custom order the label color or key colors.
In the same category of {HHK, KBC, Duck}, is Das keyboard. See: Das keyboard.
If you must have a ergonomic keyboard (i do), then head over to:
See also: Keyboards Without Number Pads.
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