In brief: Mechanical keyboard manufacturers have spent years trying to recapture the feel and sound of classic keyboards like IBM's iconic Model M. In 2017, a revival project reproduced the Model M's ...

Even having grown up using Commodore 64s, Apple IIs, and IBM PCs, I have no fondness for mechanical keyboards. I’m most happy with a set of short-travel, chiclet-style laptop keys under my fingers, ...

A physical keyboard that uses an individual spring and switch for each key. Today, only premium keyboards are built with key switches; however, they were also used in the past, such as in the Model M ...

The keyboard that gave us the standardised layout on both sides of the Atlantic, with its quintessential 100% form factor and classic buckling spring mechanical keys (in most instances), is about to ...

In a nutshell: 8BitDo is now accepting pre-orders for its latest retro mechanical keyboard, a throwback to IBM's legendary Model M from the mid-80s. The new M Edition technically isn't new at all. The ...

Mechanical keyboards — in which every key uses an individual physical switch to send information to your computer rather than activating a contact on a membrane as in a modern laptop keyboard — have ...

I’m an old school typist having learned on a mechanical typewriter. It would be many years before I owned a computer. My first real computer was an IBM XT which had the well-known 101 key mechanical ...

I'm not a fan of modern keyboards, including modern mechanical keyboards. I use a Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro from 1999. The split design and contoured keys fit my hands perfectly. I can type all ...

Mechanical keyboards have evolved. For many of us, the thought of a mechanical keyboard conjures memories of typing class in primary school, an entire room click-pecking at IBM mechanical keyboards, ...