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- AntBing, on 10/11/2007, -3/+184Screw a warranty, for $1500 this thing better fondle my balls while I work.
- Ninjab3ar, on 10/11/2007, -2/+171I can buy a computer for that!
- DeathBorn, on 10/11/2007, -3/+138The only way I'd buy any keyboard that expensive is if it was named "Optimus Prime" and transformed into a truck when you pressed the Windows key.
- omnibahumut, on 10/11/2007, -1/+135I'd like to buy a vowel
- Nutmegan, on 10/11/2007, -2/+126Can we order it one key at a time?
- retral, on 10/11/2007, -5/+91For $1500+ bucks, this thing damn well better have a lifetime warranty and an accidental damage replacement policy for a couple years.
- nixonrichard, on 10/11/2007, -6/+84I don't think the keyboard is geared towards the frugal. $15/key doesn't sound too bad considering the 3-key optimus is $150.
- a3r0, on 10/11/2007, -4/+63I alrady did, but I couldn't afford that ky btwn w and r :(
- zeptobyte, on 10/11/2007, -2/+58@kingkilr
Unfortunately, it's also possible that that volume of orders will justify NOT lowering the price. :( - YoshDestroys, on 10/11/2007, -2/+55This is like porn for geeks. Fun to look at, but you're never going to get it.
- AngryBacon, on 10/11/2007, -1/+52@Deathborn
Hitting the windows key while playing is annoying enough as it is. - psylence, on 10/11/2007, -1/+51Quickly removes $1500 worth of cash from any sucker's bank account. It's quite interesting.
- zirtbow, on 10/11/2007, -4/+53For that price I can just see myself getting one and then getting it home only to spill some liquid in it a day or two later.
- paulmdx, on 10/11/2007, -3/+48""it will cost about as much as a good mobile phone?"
Even the iPhone goes for nearly 1/3 the price."
Yeah, they said a good phone.
Ok, I jest, I jest.. ;-))) - Eiki, on 10/11/2007, -3/+47Finally i can have an "any key"!
...
Wait, how old is that joke? - kingkilr, on 10/11/2007, -2/+44Their site says there are 75 preorders in the first 45 minutes, hopefully those orders can subsidize lowering the price.
- thcobbs, on 10/11/2007, -0/+38$1500...
Keyboard? Or used car? hrrrm.... - zweben, on 10/11/2007, -23/+61y
- gamerzworld, on 10/11/2007, -0/+38http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/faq/
How long does a screen live?
Non-stop glow time at nominal brightness declared by the manufacturer is 20,000 hours. If you work for eight hours every day, including weekends and holidays, the screens will last for about seven years. After that, the display will not die instantly, but begin to fade gradually (like the sun in billions of years).
How уbout warranty?
One year.
I'll pass. - kraniac, on 10/11/2007, -3/+37What happened to "it will cost about as much as a good mobile phone?"
Even the iPhone goes for nearly 1/3 the price.
I was ready to buy this thing for 500, but there's no way I can pay as much as my computer for one. :( - Firehed, on 10/11/2007, -0/+30The Chinese knock-offs due out in about two weeks, I'd bet.
- SEMW, on 10/11/2007, -4/+33From TFA:
> Optimus Maximus: 113 keys, ready to pre-order
> The Optimus Maximus is up for pre-order for $1564.37. Oh, and it's officially back to 113 keys
> (that's $13.84 per key, in case you didn't feel like busting out your HP financial calc)
From the summary:
> Optimus Maximus: 103 keys, ready to pre-order!!!
>The Optimus Maximus is up for pre-order for $1564.37. Oh, and it's officially back to 103 keys
> (that's $15.18 per key, in case you didn't feel like busting out your HP financial calc).
Who to believe...?
If the picture in TFA is correct, then the former; the picture shows 113 keys (103 in a standard layout and 10 extra in a 2*5 configuration along the left hand side).
(I'm guessing TFA had the wrong text originally and updated it after submitter sumbitted it to Digg). - SultanTravi, on 10/11/2007, -3/+32I don't generally look at the keys while I do stuff.
"Which button is grenade launcher? I guess I'll take my eyes off the screen and look down to find the right key."
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/Optimus_Keyboard_Quake_III_layout.jpg
Still, that's pretty damn cool looking. Just not $1,500 cool looking. - paulmdx, on 10/11/2007, -0/+28Marginally knowledgeable gamer kiddies that spent $4k on their "rig"?
- dvranizan, on 10/11/2007, -3/+31Anyone who makes broad generalizing comments is a ***** idiot.
End of story.
( I agree though, this keyboard is a bit silly D: ) - woojoo, on 10/11/2007, -7/+34You can go ***** yourself, you bastard.
- drouk1556, on 10/11/2007, -3/+27You know this is a keyboard, right?
- kcpwnsgman, on 10/11/2007, -1/+23thats more expensive than my car AND my computer.... *****
- Snoochy, on 10/11/2007, -0/+21"oops, spilled my coke"
*kills self* - uptown, on 10/11/2007, -4/+23Not one key at a time, but 3 keys at a time:
http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/31/the-optimus-mini-three-sees-release/ - Metaridley, on 10/11/2007, -2/+19It's the keyboard that Optimus Prime uses. What's cooler than that?
- Recuso, on 10/11/2007, -0/+16@Retral:
You fool, I'm using the best keyboard known to man (IBM Model M) and it was manufactured in 1984. Seven years is nothing. - Ocelot13, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17so um, anyone wanna buy a kidney? perhaps part of a liver?
- Fallout911, on 10/11/2007, -3/+19WTF does this do?
- gcnaddict, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17"it's officially back to 113 keys (that's $13.84 per key, in case you didn't feel like busting out your HP financial calc)."
Poster and Engadget contradict each other! Yay! - dcshiderly, on 10/11/2007, -0/+15@retral:
For ~$1600, yes, I expect that device to have a useable lifespan of a display monitor, about fifteen years at the outside. Is that seven years you quote to half brightness, or failure to illuminate? If the former, then it's about the same as most CRTs. If it's the latter, well that sucks, and with half the lifespan, for that kind of money I could get a really nice video card and a 30" display to go with it. - fkr3, on 10/11/2007, -10/+25***** endadget and their blogspam.
The post engadget regurgitates:
http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus/ - justinjohnson, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15Well if you go through to the preorder page its reads that it is a 114 key keyboard, now what??!!??
/head explodes - DeathBorn, on 10/11/2007, -1/+15What happens when I spill something on it? That's an expensive cup of coffee!
- atb12688, on 10/11/2007, -2/+16Who's there target consumers here? CEOs and jet-setters who can afford a $1500 keyboard?
- kushed, on 10/11/2007, -2/+15DC input for a keyboard? No thanks.
- develdevil, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11in 3 years, this will be affordable.. with more functionality... and I will have one!
I'm curious what the tactile response is for the keys. I'm very picky about having the right "clicky" feedback. - themoors, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11If money were no object then maybe. But then if money were no object I would hope I would have better things to do than shop for keyboards..
- sheppoor, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12As a happy user of their Optimus mini-three keyboard, I wouldn't buy their keyboard even if it was priced within reach. Here's why:
Button press isn't a great feel. I'm spoiled with my ancient IBM Model M keyboard, but it still should be better. The keyboard has smaller buttons but I doubt they've change the underlying mechanical technology.
Its a plastic shell, even though it looks like aluminum in the pictures. It looks fine, but for the price it feels cheap. I might have felt differently if I got the dark shell instead of the aluminum-colored shell.
The application that controls the device feels like beta software with many annoying quirks. Based on the screenshots I'm sire the keyboard software is based on the Optimus software, and my guess is it will have similar problems. It could be great with some work, but it isn't there.
I'm running an older PC, but damn, this takes lots of PC cycles.
Sometimes a keypress seems to stutter or double-press (I bet they fix this one).
I've got a few other complaints with the Optimus, but they don't relate to the full keyboard.
To be balanced: Why do I say I'm happy with the Optimus? I run 3 machines w/ a KVM and a single monitor/keyboard/mouse. This device is awesome for monitoring my main machine, which runs my iTunes, mail server, and other fun stuff. I can see what's going on at a glance, pause my music quickly when a phone call comes in, and its a cool little device. Overpriced, but I am happy with it. - djbelieve, on 10/11/2007, -5/+15Wall of http://www.spam.com/
- Snoopsor, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10I think many, many people are missing the point and market for this keyboard. It's a device for industry professionals (the people who use maya, 3dsmax, autocad, photoshop and make a living off what they do) where $1500 is nothing, and will very likely already be paid by their employers. It's new technology and this particular configuration hasn't been made before - if you take a look at the blog, you'd see one of the numerous setbacks was because their OLED supplier could not manufacture the screens fast enough. It's not like thousands of this keyboard are being produced in the first batch either. If anything its biggest problem is the marketing to make the general public feel this keyboard is designed for them. It isn't.
- Piggycow, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11Could you imagine that battery life if that thing was wireless?
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Fool. Money. Something something.
- themoors, on 10/11/2007, -3/+12drink much?
- OrangeTide, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9For the price it better type for me.
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