was wondering whether the apple g5 keyboard is mechanical or not

What you mean by "faces"?

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Added on April 9, 2012, 5:03 pmNot, you need to dig out all the way back till the white(now sure become beige) color case apple keyboard to find one with alps switches.
For modern keyboard replacement, there is matias pro which is made for MAC.

This post has been edited by Human10: Apr 9 2012, 05:03 PM

Omg i meant cases =.=
As in the shell of the KB

Sorry, bad typo

Shell replacement is a new thing in the market, currently not much manufacturer or maker made it.

The thing recently hyped around here is the acrylic cases by MKC, which is mean for FILCO. Not very sure if CM Storm can be stuffed in. We need an owner with both boards to compare the dimension of it to be sure.

Thanks for the info.

Means I have the choice to either get:

CM Storm Quick Rapid (RM250 + RM40 to remove ugly stock keycaps)
Pros:
- Costar stabilizers
- Known compatibility with Filco keycaps
- Solid build
- Local warranty

Cons:
- Fugly branding all over
- Fugly font
- Even after changing keycaps, i still have 3 huge branding, 2 of EM facing me when im using the keyboard >.< and i cant do anything about it

Archiss AS-KB87T (RM300) same as Leopold FC200R
Pros:
- Nice stock look, only Esc key is branded. Need to replace 1 piece only
- Solid build (same as leopold)

Cons:
- Cherry stabilizers
- No local warranty
- Unsure about compatibitily of key caps with Filcos. Are all keys standard types/changable?


In future i'd like to change em all to ninja or black on black caps, BUT even with CM Storm, i'll have a ninja keyboard that shouts CM STORMMMMM all the time unless i tape it up, but taping is soo tardy

If you were in my shoes, which will you take?

Whats with not liking Cherry stabilizers??

Ai izu sed.

Haha well i know its personal preference, so one man's meat is another man's poison .
Anyway, its a small pro/con that one. I can live with either i guess just a matter of getting used to it.

What is more pressing is rather:

1) Warranty: Do these boards tend to spoil/fail early? If yes then I guess its better to take the one with warranty
2) Compatibility with standard keycaps: I plan to change em in the future. I heard Leopold's have off center spacer bars. Is this true to the FC200R/Archiss AS-KB87T also?

I guess this CM Quick Fire Rapid Pro vs Archiss AS-K87T is like a Filco MJT2 TKL vs Leopold FC200R kinda thing . What are you guy's opinion on this?

nope, i just collect ppl 1st as it's going to open very soon.

AFAIK
Leopold FC500R or 104key having a weird space bar dimension

Leopold FC200R 87key , is made by the same OEM of FILCO.

This post has been edited by wairai: Apr 9 2012, 06:41 PM

Get the Leopold FC200R from Cyclone. Much cheaper from Archiss, plus comes with local warranty.
Keycaps are all changeable except the spacebar. Need to check, but most sets in GH from SP/Engraved PBT, they fit nicely.

For the CM storm, go do a custom paint job, problem solved.

Thanks! Will check Cyclone's thread
In terms of build quality and longevity, should be comparable with Filco's am i right? Only major difference is the stabilizers?

CM Storm, not sure whether a custom paint job can work due to the case is rubberized

It's on the special menu, you gotta ask whether he is still serving it

Rubberized would be bad for paint job, unfortunately

Yup . Pity huh.
The CM Storm has the making of every a Filco can be,with the advantage of being cheap, but the downside, and from a purist point of view, a HUGE one, is the bloody excessive branding. 6 of em! Not to mention the stupid fonts. And now considering that to fix it will push its price close to the Leopold/Archiss territory it became less easy to make a decision already .

Either i just screw my desire of getting a purist look keyboard and go with the CM Storm, or i take a risk with warranty, and get the Leopold/Archiss.

Or i can consider the Poker KBC but that is a totally different animal altogether .

Sheesh decisions. But i guess thats part of the fun

I don't really mind the look of CM Storm.

sigh... Filco no make TKL with REDSSSSSSSSSSS

Got. Why not?

It's in the closet now at my workplace

FILCO R Limited Edition

not TKL...

Most mechanical keyboard suffer failure(if any) when they come DOA. If it works normally in 1-2 weeks time, it should work normally for the rest of its time.

All cherry MX keycaps are compatible and swappable as long as it's profile is right.

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Added on April 9, 2012, 9:07 pmThey do made TKL FILCO R, just that it is as costly and rare as the full size...

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Added on April 9, 2012, 9:10 pmBTW, nobody like DAS? It is one of the cheapest fullsize keyboard out there.
http://global.pchome.com.tw/?mod=item&func...28&ROWNO=1&tm=u

This post has been edited by Human10: Apr 9 2012, 09:10 PM

dafuq?? they exist?

Yup, they exist. Even still available in global.pchome few months ago.

Now probably need to check if keyboardco still having any.