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by Unklejoe 3599 days ago
The Das Keyboard 4C Professional is $99 on their website, and it's also brand new.

I believe it has generic Cherry MX clones, but the regular 4 Professional has genuine Cherry MX keys, but costs $170, which is kind of steep. Then again, the front panel is aluminum, which is kind of nice. I personally have this keyboard and it seems like a quality unit. It's very heavy. The only thing that sucks is that the keys aren't back lit.

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What's the advantage of backlighting? I never saw the point...
It helps you see where the keys are when the room is dark.

While I can type without looking at the keyboard 99% of the time, sometimes I still need to look down to get my bearings when pressing some of the lesser used keys like the optional media keys, etc...

That's the only thing I really miss with a model-m, though I don't like working in a room that's too dark.