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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Smooth Groove on August 25, 2008, 12:04:08 AM

Title: Deal of the day: $1600 PC...
Post by: Smooth Groove on August 25, 2008, 12:04:08 AM
keyboard.

Haha, WTF

(http://www.rcsnet.com/www_site/pix/products/OM%5FBL.jpg)

http://www.rcsnet.com/www_site/product.cfm?prd=OM_BL

Art Lebedev Optimus Maximus Keyboard 113 OLEDS - Black
OPTIMUS MAXIMUS KEYBOARD 113 OLEDS - BLACK, SPECS:
OPTIMUS MAXIMUS WITH COMPLETE FUNCTIONALITY HAS A SCREEN IN EACH KEY THAT DISPLAYS THE FUNCTION CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO IT.

OPTIMUS MAXIMUS’S CUSTOMIZABLE LAYOUT ALLOWS CONVENIENT USE OF ANY LANGUAGE—CYRILLIC, ANCIENT GREEK, GEORGIAN, ARABIC, QUENYA, HIRAGANA, ETC.—AS WELL AS OF ANY OTHER CHARACTER SETS: NOTES, NUMERALS, SPECIAL SYMBOLS, HTML CODES, MATH FUNCTIONS AND SO ON TO INFINITY.

ANY KEY (OR TO BE EXACT, A UNIT CONSISTING OF A CAP, A MICROCHIP AND A DISPLAY) CAN BE EASILY REMOVED BY HANDS TO BE CLEANED OR REPLACED.

OPTIMUS CONFIGURATOR SOFTWARE ALLOWS PROGRAMMING EVERY BUTTON TO REPRODUCE A SEQUENCE OF SYMBOLS AND EDITING THE IMAGE SEPARATELY FOR EACH LAYOUT.

Title: Re: $1600 PC...
Post by: CajoleJuice on August 25, 2008, 12:05:15 AM
So it was finally released?
Title: Re: $1600 PC...
Post by: Beezy on August 25, 2008, 12:14:19 AM
So it was finally released?
I was thinking the same thing.  :lol at the price and the name.
Title: Re: Deal of the day: $1600 PC...
Post by: Joe Molotov on August 25, 2008, 12:18:40 AM
OPTIMUS MAXIMUS!  :lol

Sounds cool, but I'll stick with my $10 Microsoft keyboard for now.
Title: Re: Deal of the day: $1600 PC...
Post by: permutated on August 25, 2008, 04:40:35 AM
Too bad about the price point, the ideas behind the actual hardware are incredible.
Title: Re: Deal of the day: $1600 PC...
Post by: aoi tsuki on August 25, 2008, 07:21:41 AM
Last i heard, it wasn't even that comfortable of a keyboard. i think the main complaint was that the keys felt like actual buttons instead of keyboard keys, and the space bar required a different amount of pressure or something. The company's working on a cheaper version that'll presumedly used e-ink displays or something.
Title: Re: Deal of the day: $1600 PC...
Post by: Tauntaun on August 25, 2008, 10:51:50 AM
(http://www.rcsnet.com/www_site/pix/products/OM%5FBL.jpg)

Art Lebedev Optimus Maximus Keyboard 113 OLEDS - Black
OPTIMUS MAXIMUS KEYBOARD 113 OLEDS - BLACK, SPECS:
OPTIMUS MAXIMUS WITH COMPLETE FUNCTIONALITY HAS A SCREEN IN EACH KEY THAT DISPLAYS THE FUNCTION CURRENTLY ASSIGNED TO IT.

OPTIMUS MAXIMUS’S CUSTOMIZABLE LAYOUT ALLOWS CONVENIENT USE OF ANY LANGUAGE—CYRILLIC, ANCIENT GREEK, GEORGIAN, ARABIC, QUENYA, HIRAGANA, ETC.—AS WELL AS OF ANY OTHER CHARACTER SETS: NOTES, NUMERALS, SPECIAL SYMBOLS, HTML CODES, MATH FUNCTIONS AND SO ON TO INFINITY.

That's pretty sick, I mean I wouldn't buy it at that price but still.  :drool
Title: Re: Deal of the day: $1600 PC...
Post by: jobber on August 25, 2008, 05:51:40 PM
I almost bought one of these then I remembered I use a laptop 90% of the day  >:(
Title: Re: Deal of the day: $1600 PC...
Post by: muckhole on August 25, 2008, 06:11:19 PM
I saw one of those silicone keyboards that can be rolled up on the clearance table in town the other day. I almost bought it, but the only practical use I could think of was hitting employees in the melon with it, without actually killing them. I'm still tempted.
Title: Re: Deal of the day: $1600 PC...
Post by: Rman on August 25, 2008, 06:18:02 PM
WOW.  Having those in your personal setup is basically saying, "I'm rich, mofo"
Title: Re: Deal of the day: $1600 PC...
Post by: Bocsius on August 25, 2008, 07:49:12 PM
$1600 for a keyboard. For that price, I'd expect two whole PCs.
Title: Re: Deal of the day: $1600 PC...
Post by: CurseoftheGods on August 25, 2008, 10:23:29 PM
Ugh. PC gaming. :P