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by Mondialisation 1567 days ago
Short answer:

If you wanna play games, consider a mechanical keyboard, else consider a flat laptop-like keyboard.

Long answer:

I used to believe that mechanical keyboards have to be better because most people praise them and they are more expensive, but it really is a matter of preference and use case. I bought myself a corsair mechanical keyboard and I really didn't like it besides for playing specific games. A laptop keyboard always felt the best to me. They are flat, so your wrist is always in a correct position while with mechanical keyboards i'd find myself having to bend my wrist backwards despite having a small pad. They are extremely responsive, you get instant feedback from the keys, and I mean instant because it takes less effort and distance to trigger each key. As a result they also make typing faster in my experience. So unless you're in for gaming or have a good pad, i'd say you really don't need it.

1 comments

Your experience is like saying "I bought a Prius and decided I don't like electric cars". A Corsair gaming keyboard is far from the best the mechanical keyboard world can offer.