I’m not a gamer, unless lots of Solitaire and Mahjong qualify me as a “gamer,” but this fully customizable keyboard/”DX1 Input System” at ThinkGeek sure has me imagining the possibilities! Considering all it could do, gamer or not, the price isn’t so bad either. When a gadget says it’s compatible with “Windows XP/2000” does that mean it’s not compatible with Windows 7? Hmmm…
I’m quite fond of this Das Keyboard Ultimate as well…very cool looking. I can totally imagine it sitting in my Ballard Designs inspired condominium I plan to own some day…soon. A little European style mixed with sleek gadgets from my favorite geek store. Too bad they’re out of stock, can’t even tell if the price is reasonable. ThinkGeek is definitely more than just a place to buy cool gadgets though. Geekdom is a way of life. I even enjoy just sitting down and reading the product descriptions, great for a laugh. Sure, I laugh alone (I wasn’t exactly raised by geeks), but I always love a little geek humor. ;-)
The ProMini Wireless Keyboard is pretty darn cute, but trackpad plus “cute” means insanely inconvenient. Give me a wireless mouse to replace that trackpad and this could be very useful. Considering the size, the price seems a little high, but…considering the size such a LOW price could also mean a not-so-good product.
Okay, wow WOW (one wow for the gadget and another for the price). This Optimus Maximus Keyboard is so cool, if I had a million dollars I just might buy one…but then after about two hours of playing around and watching the 113 individual OLED screens light up in every way I could imagine, I’d probably regret spending $1,600 on a KEYBOARD. Can you believe ThinkGeek is sold out?? I wonder out of all the people who bought one, how many of those people now regret spending the money, and how many of them were purchased by Bill Gates. Okay, so I think he probably has better things to do than watch a keyboard light up, but I’d buy one if I was him. It looks cool, but actually typing on those keys, or should I say “mini-monitors,” probably isn’t as easy as these hollow plastic caps bouncing around on little rubber…funnels (very technical terms, I know, I apologize) that we’re used to typing on. For that price, I probably wouldn’t use it for typing…just for watching.
Yeah, I think if I was rich, I’d blow all my…richness on gadgets that I’d regret buying later, but which I felt like I couldn’t live without…at the time, multiples upon multiples of all kinds of gadgets and gizmos…I’d be a hoarder of the latest technology…I’d have an Android phone, and an iPhone, and an iPad, and, well, the iPad is sooo last week, so I’d have an iPad 2 as well. Luckily, I’m broke, and my brokeness keeps me from buying things I really know, deep down, that I can easily live without. They’re sure fun to look at though, and those ThinkGeek product descriptions…forever entertaining. Oh! and free!
