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Needless to say, not too many were sold. Now the company is back with another concept keyboard -- one that is smaller, sleeker and promises to be less expensive compared to the original Optimus Maximus. The Optimus Popularis uses a "chicklet" style layout and thinner profile than its predecessor. It also drops the numeric keypad on the right, but when every key features a customizable LED display on top I guess that's less of a problem -- and it saves a lot of money.
The new Popularis keyboard will supposedly feature OLED screens that encompass the individual keys' entire physical real estate with a 64x64 pixels resolution, up from 48x48 on the Maximus. There's also a long widget display mounted between the function and number keys. Art Lebedev says it expect to ship the peripheral "at the end of this year/beginning of next year" for less than $1000. The company doesn't have a fantastic track record when it comes to meeting deadlines, so we wouldn't hold our breath on that release timeframe. As for the price, hopefully less than $1,000 doesn't mean $999.
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In my opinion, a keyboard is a keyboard. Why should I buy a $1000 keyboard that has the same functionality of that of a $15 one? yes, it has some bells and whistles (LED keys, customization...) that you'll toy with for a few days and then... back to business. And this 'outrageously expensive' keyboard will be used as the $15 one!!
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You could more or less argue the same thing about cars... but I agree, $1000 for a keyboard is outrageous.
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If I were obscenely wealthy, to the point where I was buying hand crafted cars, $1,000 on a keyboard isn't that bad. I could easily spend $2,000 on a 15" laptop from Apple, and double or triple that on a gaming desktop computer. So there are places where this is a small fraction beside the computer total cost. But for the common middle-class citizen, this is an investment in lunacy.
I can see how a PC tweaker would be thrilled to have this sort of thing, I think that it has a future. But only perhaps at $199 or less.
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tengeta said:
If I had the money, I'd do it. Until then, absolutely not.
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