By Jon Porter
Anyone who’s anyone knows that the only keyboards worth their salt are mechanical keyboards thanks to their beautifully engineered switches that type like a dream and last an eternity.
The only problem is that such keyboards tend to be quite bulky. It’s not an issue if you’re using them on a desk, but they’re less appropriate for laptops. This has left billions of notebook users in a lurch with dinky, low-pile keyboards.
That could be about to change very soon, however, with the introduction of a new low-profile mechanical keyboard switch from German manufacturer Cherry. The switches are a full 35% flatter than their full-size counterparts, meaning they could be fitted into a notebook PC without creating a monstrosity, like MSI’s GT80 Titan.
That ‘Cherry feeling’
If you’ve ever touched a mechanical keyboard, then chances are the switches in it were made by Cherry. The German manufacturer has been in the keyboard business since the early ’70s, and produces what are considered to be the gold-standard of keyboard switches.
The new low-profile switches (which, for now, are only available in Red) are just 11.9mm high, compared to the 18.5mm height of a standard Cherry MX switch, but Cherry went to great lengths …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components
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