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Silent Keyboards for Silent PCs?

Posted by Cliff on from the well-if-the-mice-can-be-quiet... dept.

Kethinov asks: "Following up on the question asked in this story, I have a similar problem as he did except my late night coding (typing) sessions, not my clicking, seem to generating excess noise for the people I'm living with. I, as he did, checked out this possible solution, but to be honest, I can't type on anything but a standard-layout keyboard. Now, I too can search Google, but just looking at a possible solution doesn't help much. Does anyone on Slashdot have experience in this matter, from which I could better narrow my choices?"

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  1. Easy answer. by DAldredge · · Score: 4, Funny

    IBM Model M!

    1. Re:Easy answer. by xneilj · · Score: 3, Funny

      LOL :) A few weeks of using a model M around people and they'll think your old keyboard IS quiet after all ;)

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    2. Re:Easy answer. by lafiel · · Score: 3, Funny

      This is the keyboard that's so heavy and thick you can use it defensively like a bat, isn't it? =)

    3. Re:Easy answer. by R2.0 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Can I have your old Model M's?

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    4. Re:Easy answer. by unitron · · Score: 3, Funny
      "Actually, I wonder if you could engineer the springs and such in the Model M keys to only make ultrasonic noise?"

      If you think the folks around you are complaining about noise now, wait 'til every dog for miles around goes nuts whenever you touch the keys. :-)

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  2. Atari 400 Keyboard by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Funny

    There's the membrane-style Atari 400 keyboard, pretty silent unless you count the intentional clicking from the motherboard speaker.

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  3. Try this... by dynoman7 · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...close the door.

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  4. Perfect Solution by cheezus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Get some dictation software and whisper to it.

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  5. Re:Virtually indestructible keyboard by paul248 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I saw that keyboard once at a CompUSA, but it was broken.

  6. A different angle... by oobar · · Score: 2, Funny

    They make all sorts of various acoustical soundproof enclosures... Just find one big enough for you and your computer. That way you can type, click, pound, laugh, scream, moan, sigh, cough, burp, and fart as loud as you want without worrying about waking anyone.

  7. Re:Virtually indestructible keyboard by davey_darling · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Virtually Indestructible keyboard comes with a 90 day warranty.
    Hardly instills confidence in the product, does it?

  8. Re:Virtually indestructible keyboard by whorfin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, m-w.com lists 'actual' as an antonym of virtual, so that would mean that a virtually indestructible keyboard is the opposite of an actually indestructible keyboard .

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  9. change your roommate by ghettoreb · · Score: 4, Funny

    to me, there's a clear solution to your problem:

    if you live with a roommate (or gf, etc) who minds the noise you make with your keyboard during late night coding, then the obvious thing to do is to change your roommate or gf, much more so than go with drastic actions like changing your keyboard.

    hope this helps

  10. Re:fruit roll-ups by __aatgod8309 · · Score: 2, Funny

    But they're waterproof (-ish), so safe to add to your hot chocolate without fear of short circuit...

  11. One better... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Get fat
    Take up snoring.

    Pretty soon they'll be praying for the soft patter of little keys at all hours of the night.

    Or there's visual basic, no typing necessary....