[2021-10-13 13:26:33 UTC; Updated to removed duplicated 1st sentence.--martyb]
Drop's new mechanical keyboards go up to $500:
High-end mechanical keyboard and PC peripherals brand Drop (formerly Massdrop) today revealed its next lineup of prebuilt mechanical keyboards. The brand added options to three different series, with its most premium one, Paragon, priced at a whopping $500 apiece.
In addition to making its own products, Drop has a shop where keyboard fanatics can get everything from mechanical keyboard switches to unique and artisan keycaps, stabilizers, and even fancy, detachable cables. The keyboards released today are supposed to make it easier for people who don't want to build their own clacker to get an enthusiast-level option without having to deal with group buys, which take many months before you actually get a product in hand.
[...] Drop's Paragon keyboards are currently available for preorder but aren't expected to start shipping until around November 15.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 14 2021, @06:13PM
The idea is to have more available with less moving away from the home row.
For instance, hold a key with my left thumb and "transform" the keys which already are under my right fingers into a numpad. With only one extra key (somewhere in the physical space which is freed by converting the enormous classical space-bar into a normal key), I get rid of 20 number-keys (the top row and the numpad) - not only this, but I don't have to move the right hand away and then back.
A similar concept is the Shift key. Of course, you could have separate keys for 'a' and 'A' and so on.
You can go as small or as big you want, there's always some trade-offs.