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System76 Launch - A Very Well Built, Highly Configurable, Open-Source Keyboard
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It is completely beyond me to whom this product appeals or why. Clunky, heavy, overpriced, ugly. I'm truly scratching my head over here. Is there really a significant contingent of people who want keyboards that light up in rainbow colors and look like they came from 1992? And for $300 no less?? Very odd. Personally I love the latest keyboards from Apple. I wish System76 would try to build a product like that! I'd even pay a premium for it.
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Originally posted by jamesblacklock View PostIt is completely beyond me to whom this product appeals or why. Clunky, heavy, overpriced, ugly. I'm truly scratching my head over here. Is there really a significant contingent of people who want keyboards that light up in rainbow colors and look like they came from 1992? And for $300 no less?? Very odd. Personally I love the latest keyboards from Apple. I wish System76 would try to build a product like that! I'd even pay a premium for it.
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I like System76 philosophy in principle, but their products so far seem to be a clear miss.
USB3 has no place in keyboard. Keyboard is very low power, very low speed device that can't carry USB3 without consequences.
OTOH, there would be a clear use for open source keyboard with some decent safety features that would make it more suitable for sensitive work, so that your pin code and passwords couldn't be simply scanned off the keyboard with a cheap SDR etc.
https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/...d_from_rlinux/
Anti-tamper mechanism would be nice, too. And some mechanism for automatic detection of user presence and safe authentication etc.
That would be a product that people might be willing to spend extra $$$ on.Last edited by Brane215; 12 June 2021, 03:06 AM.
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Originally posted by jacek23
says who? This keyboard has a usb hub which is a great idea. Keyboards with built in card readers were a thing in office environment for years. USB in keyboard can be useful to plug in a USBkey, a USB Fido device, digital signature etc. Naturally you can use a dedicated hub for that, but this way you don't have to and you get a cleaner desk.
Digital signature etc are low power, low speed devices. They don't need USB3 along with its power and cabling requirements.
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