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23rd April 2008, 03:25 PM
|  | Community Moderator | | Join Date: Dec 2007, 4,345 posts. Location: Oxford, UK Reputation:  | | | Optimus Maximus keyboard now available
The incredibly expensive keyboard is now available to buy at thinkgeek.com, and I expect other places as well. ThinkGeek :: Optimus Maximus Keyboard
With an OLED screen in each key, it's a pretty snazzy piece of kit, but for that level of snazzyness you're going to have to pay for it 
Speaking of ThinkGeek, take a peek at my other thread here for some more new products 
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23rd April 2008, 04:31 PM
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It`s definitely a stunning keyboard, but at that price, you`d expect it to be.
Unfortunately my budget doesn`t quite stretch to buying one hehe.
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23rd April 2008, 04:39 PM
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Same here hehe. I paid a few quid for mine, but it's lasted quite a while and survived everything I've thrown at it
It looks pretty nice as well though, but I've heard it's not the nicest thing to use ever. I think the keys are pretty stiff. ThinkGeek :: Optimus Mini Three Keyboard
I wonder if you can make one of the keys do Ctrl + Alt + Del hehe
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Last edited by Daveskater; 23rd April 2008 at 04:44 PM.
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23rd April 2008, 04:50 PM
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Personally I use a Saitek EclipseII keyboard. Looks nice and feels nice to type on. However, I`m renowned for killing keyboards due to spilling coffee and other substances on them.
If I were to own one of those Optimus Maximus keyboard`s, I`d be scared to death of actually using the damn thing.
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23rd April 2008, 04:56 PM
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It would go in a glass case if it cost that much and you don't want to break it hehe.
Mine's completely unbranded and says "Office Wireless Keyboard" on the back, on a sticker with the serial number and whatnot. I quite like it, though, because it has media controls and standby and shut down buttons. 99% of the time I use the shut down button instead of the start menu, shortly followed by turning my screen off and leaving it to it
There are buttons for opening stuff like Word and Excel, which you can set to do anything you want, so long as it's an executable file, but I haven't installed the software as I expect it won't like Vista
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23rd April 2008, 05:02 PM
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I use the same keyboard, howard. Very nice keyboard I must say.
$1,589.99: Who in the right mind would pay that kind of money for a keyboard?
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23rd April 2008, 05:05 PM
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Someone with pointless amounts of money hehe.
In that case, I'd definitely put it in a glass case and never, ever use it  Well, maybe once or twice, to see the pretty keys
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23rd April 2008, 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Jason $1,589.99: Who in the right mind would pay that kind of money for a keyboard? | My thoughts exactly mate. I could find lots more important things to spend that kind of money on.
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Last edited by Jason; 25th October 2008 at 08:23 PM.
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23rd April 2008, 07:01 PM
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If I had £800 that I could spend absolutely anything on, it certainly wouldn't be a keyboard
It would probably be a PS3 and HDTV, or maybe a super good PC haha
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23rd April 2008, 07:34 PM
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wow, I would never spend that much money on a keyboard. heck you could build a kick butt computer for the price of the thing.
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