I’ve had the Topre Realforce 86U tenkeyless (no numeric keypad) board for several months now. It is my all time favorite when it comes to keyboards. It’s got a superlative key feel and a fantastic build quality. Plus it comes with a red esc key. That has to count for something ;)
The tactile feedback; the soft, rhythmic thock thock of the keys on the way back up; the sheer poetry of cutting code in Vim while I’m in the zone. That’s the drug I live on. The creative high that I keep chasing. The reason why I program.
If the red Esc key does not flash, hide your pr0n windows, and bring up a serious-looking Excel spreadsheet when wife/boss approaches, no, it does not count for anything.
Eddy.
Hi,
Just an FYI, the correct term is actually “flow” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology)
It was termed by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who wrote a very interesting book about it: http://www.amazon.com/Flow-Psychology-Experience-Mihaly-Csikszentmihalyi/dp/0060920432
This keyboard looks awesome! From where did you buy it?
It’s hard to find outside of Japan. I got mine from the Korean trading site gmarket.co.kr.