I have a second generation (smaller orange lit one) Logitech G15 that's starting to die on me. Any ideas on what I should replace it with. The keyboards I'm considering are: The classic Model M by IBM, a silicone roll up keyboard, the original Saitek Eclipse, or the Apple Aluminum keyboard.

http://www.daskeyboard.com/
But perhaps not the completely blank one :o

A G19 maybe?

another smaller alternative could be happy hacking lite 2 / wikipedia entry. quality, have had mine for seven years at least so far.

paperclips wrote:another smaller alternative could be happy hacking lite 2 / wikipedia entry. quality, have had mine for seven years at least so far.

No keypad

alpha wrote:apparently no trolling

yes well, if you use blender or any other whatever, buy a usb keypad, so its easy to put away when its not used and by that saving space. i dont like the thing being on the right side anyway, lots of moving hands or letting go of the mouse..

morfar wrote:A G19 maybe?

I'm running Linux and I doubt anyone has gotten it to work completely with it. Not to mention it has a sky-high price. I was mostly looking at proven keyboards, I've actually used all the ones that are on that list (except for the one by Apple) at one point, be it I used to have one a while ago, or used it at a friends, etc. At the moment I'm leaning more towards the IBM-styl Unicomp keyboards which are pretty much identical to IBM old keyboards that were first put into production in the 80s.

A Keytronic keyboard if you can find it. Insanely strong so lasts a long time and always a very nice typing experience, unlike these perverted gaming keyboards.

This is mine a very sturdy bit of kit:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3392/325 ... c3.jpg?v=0
I have not got much kno on the new boards out, but if your looking for something that will last it should do the job.

I do not recommend Original Saitek Eclipse.
It can't handle many simultaneous key presses. Plus the buttons feel weird. And the paint on the keys vanishes after some months of gaming

I can only recommend you buy a new G15

My first gen G15 space key is starting to miss keypresses when pressing it on the left side

Good thing that it's now possible to just hold it down for bunnyhopping

If it dies completely, I might go for the second generation G15 (or G19?)

yellow robot wrote:This is mine a very sturdy bit of kit:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3392/325 ... c3.jpg?v=0
I have not got much kno on the new boards out, but if your looking for something that will last it should do the job.

Might look for one like that. I use to have an older model almost Identical to it, except that it didn't have them windows keys on it, very durable. I had to throw it out because there was: sweat, blood (don't ask me how it got on there), dirt, and soda all over it. I ripped it open and cleaned it, but something got messed up when I did that. The only downfall of those keyboards is that you can't jam down an excessive amount of keys, which isn't really a problem especially since I use a keypad (good ol Cyber Snipa 2) for movement anyway.