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Thread: $1490 "Optimus Maximus" keyboard set for Winter 2007 delivery

  1. 03-14-2007, 05:48 PM #1
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    $1490 "Optimus Maximus" keyboard set for Winter 2007 delivery

    Not vaporware after all. Just crazy expensive! I'll take a stack of Q6600s for that price

    http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/14/o...ards-unveiled/

    Also, all the keys will in fact be OLED with an expected life span of only 5 years, depending upon use of course. Each 32 x 32 resolution OLED will remain stationary. Instead, the key-press mechanics are executed by a plastic cap which slides around the display like a sleeve to keep the wear and tear on the OLEDs to a minimum. Break a key? No problem, replacements will be offered for $10 a pop. Sorry, no freebies in the box like your Xmas tree lights -- we tried. And if you think that $1,490 is a bit too pricey for a 5-year keyboard, take heart: "two or three" additional keyboards are in the works with fewer programmable keys and a sub $1,000 price tag.
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  2. 03-14-2007, 05:54 PM #2
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    That guy on the ladder in that link looks like Sting.

    Also, who the hell would pay $1500 for a keyboard?
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    A word , insanity, hits my mind as I read that....

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    how could anyone justify that price for a keyboard is beyond me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by lowfat View Post
    how could anyone justify that price for a keyboard is beyond me.
    It's even more expensive than a 3007wfp ($1,274.00 atm), which has much more pixel area. If OLED is the main cause, then maybe they should have sticked with tiny LCD screens instead, but I don't see how this is the reason since OLED has become pretty main-stream on cellphones.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Omastar View Post

    Also, who the hell would pay $1500 for a keyboard?
    A person that bought ps3 for $5k
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  9. 03-14-2007, 07:10 PM #9
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    So much for the price of a high end cell phone...
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    Pfft...my keyboard helps keep the pc stable:

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  11. 03-14-2007, 07:17 PM #11
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    haha i remember like 5 years ago they said these would be $200 in 3 years...

    5 years down the road it's 1500 dollars... hopefully the idea will live on in cheaper implementations... i still think its an awesome idea.
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  12. 03-14-2007, 07:24 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Omastar View Post
    That guy on the ladder in that link looks like Sting.

    Also, who the hell would pay $1500 for a keyboard?

    Who would pay a gazzilion bucks for quad core, SLI, phase change, 1000w PSU, Hipro Maximizer, overclocked RAM, etc. when the benefits only really show up in benchmarks?

    Buy yeah, it's a tad expensive for a keyboard.
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    don't ask...

    they'll start crawling out of the woodwork.

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    Let the rich guys buy it so these guys can build a factory, work the economies of scale, then make cheaper ones for the rest of us.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Speederlander View Post
    Who would pay a gazzilion bucks for quad core, SLI, phase change, 1000w PSU, Hipro Maximizer, overclocked RAM, etc. when the benefits only really show up in benchmarks?

    Buy yeah, it's a tad expensive for a keyboard.
    I think you answered your own question there. Benchmarkers and/or bleeding edge hardware freaks will and do pay gross amounts for the newest hardware, but a keyboard that expensive is really purely aesthetic. I have a $5 Lite-On keyboard and it's one of the best I've ever owned, so spending $1500 without any functional returns is utterly pointless.
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    Oops I think I just spilled juice on the keyboard...
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  19. 03-14-2007, 09:21 PM #19
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    Quote Originally Posted by Thrilla View Post
    Oops I think I just spilled juice on the keyboard...
    then its gg. 1500 dolla gone. unless you purchase their super duper warrent for the super duper keyboard for 1500 dollas extra
    we going shh around the corner
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    people with the money will still buy these things, the ones that do are idiots but they will buy it.

    a year ago they launched that USB thing wich had 3 programmable oLED buttons and that thing cost over a 130 euro and people stil bought it.
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  21. 03-15-2007, 03:55 AM #21
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    That is just insanity. How does he think he will make any money on this? That being said if I was filthy rich I'd be all over this keyboard.
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    new rule: any XS member who purchases this kb gets IP banned for life for their stupidity.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MaxxxRacer View Post
    new rule: any XS member who purchases this kb gets IP banned for life for their stupidity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MaxxxRacer View Post
    new rule: any XS member who purchases this kb gets IP banned for life for their stupidity.
    omg I just spilled juice on mine and now this??? lol, they should just make a touch screen LCD keyboard, single LCD like cell phones.
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