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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.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Tuesday January 16 2018, @09:50PM (1 child)
That was nothing special; those were derivatives of the famous Model M keyboard, but used on minicomputers or other non-PC systems. They weren't anything terribly rare; you can easily find them on Ebay today.
(Score: 3, Informative) by damnbunni on Tuesday January 16 2018, @10:07PM
Ebay heck, you can still get them brand new.
http://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/40L5A [pckeyboard.com]