[GlennS]

You don't need a mechanical keyboard to get full key travel.

I do have mechanical keyboards and feel like I get a benefit from them, but I think you can get most of the way there with a standard non-laptop-style keyboard with keys that go all the way down.

Although interestingly reading this thread it seems like there are a lot of people who like the laptop-style keys, so who knows. Maybe it's all just muscle memory.

[stavros]

I have a mechanical keyboard I made myself, it uses blues (I've also used browns but I like blues a bit more) and I completely and wholly do not mind my laptop. I don't even have a preference between the two.

I don't get all the hate, but maybe I'm just too undiscriminating.

[GlennS]

So why did you go for a mechanical keyboard if you're fine with a laptop keyboard?

I ask because to me the point of a mechanical keyboard is that you want more feedback/certainty on your keypress than an ordinary desktop keyboard gives.

If you don't notice the difference between a desktop keyboard and a laptop keyboard, then what does a mechanical keyboard add?

[stavros]

I wanted a programmable keyboard, and more keys, and a custom one does those things very well. Also, it was fun to build, and hopefully one of these days I'll finish the writeup on how I built it.