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posted by martyb on Tuesday January 16 2018, @04:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the shallow-premise dept.

You may not think much about the switches that sit underneath the keycaps of your keyboard, but there's a large contingent of enthusiasts who really, really care. And for those users, Cherry's various MX-branded switches are somewhat of a standard. Because they include a number of mechanical parts, though, you won't see a lot of laptop-like thin mechanical keyboards or mechanical keyboards on more than a handful of laptops.

The trend, however, is clearly going toward slim keyboards — and that's not lost on Cherry. So at CES this week, the company is introducing a completely new line of keyboard switches that may just be small enough to bring mechanical keyboards to more laptops (or at least more niche gaming laptops) and thinner keyboards. These new switches are low-profile versions of the Cherry MX RGB switch, a switch that features colored LEDs and which is especially popular with gamers. The company tells me that, if successful, it'll launch thinner versions of its other MX switches, too.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/12/cherrys-new-low-profile-switches-may-help-bring-mechanical-keyboards-to-more-laptops/


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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by MostCynical on Tuesday January 16 2018, @09:16PM (2 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Tuesday January 16 2018, @09:16PM (#623292) Journal

    Is coffee a bodily fluid now?

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by tibman on Tuesday January 16 2018, @09:49PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday January 16 2018, @09:49PM (#623311)

    Thanks, you owe me a keyboard. Just snorted out coffee all over : /

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Wednesday January 17 2018, @12:36AM

    by bob_super (1357) on Wednesday January 17 2018, @12:36AM (#623370)

    Coffee is definitely a vital bodily fluid for many.

    But I suspect the topic was rinsing the blood of the coworkers dumb enough to point out your clicky keyboard disturbs them. The good-old IBM ones are fearsome weapons.