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Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough.

Also I love how you talk about your hobby as some addicts.

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[โ€“] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de -2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I never got the appeal of mechanical keyboards. If you actually have to type all day, a proper flat keyboard like in the old MacBooks ('09-ish) is way nicer and costs much less.

[โ€“] icesentry@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

That's extremely subjective. I definitely don't feel like flat keyboards are nicer. These days I use a split keyboard with an angle and I will never go back.

[โ€“] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Your experience is not universal. I type all day and if a client/employer gave me one of those flat keyboards I would quickly quit and go dig ditches instead.

[โ€“] apfel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

If you actually have to type all day, you get into ergonomic mechanical keyboards ๐Ÿ˜Ž

[โ€“] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

I have a laptop (HP Elitebook G6) as a workstation at work which I use to type reports on site and a varmilo with linear switches in the office.
At home I have a GMMK Pro with Kailh Box white switches.

I can type on my laptop but I still prefer my GMMK pro over it thrice and I enjoy my varmilo in the office because of the numpad. Else I'd bring my GMMK pro there (with quieter switches).

In the end: This hobby is very personal and one may like linear while another likes clicky and in the end both spend 500โ‚ฌ on hardware but all do one thing: They enjoy what they type on :)