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Optimus Keyboard Pre-Orders In Mere Hours
godzillopiteco sends timely word that Art. Lebedev Studio is finally going to accept pre-orders for the Optimus Maximus Keyboard — in just under 11 hours at the time this story posts, according to the countdown timer on the site. (Late last year we were primed to pre-order in December 2006.) Read the project's blog for some recent developments.
When I first saw the picture of it, I thought that all of the buttons had the icons/letters painted on... and I thought to myself dang... you know what would be cool? If each key had its own display...
Then I kept reading. I will definitely be getting myself one of these!
The phantom was just another games console.
People actually want to do this, but the only thing stopping them is technology.
I guess at some point or other we have cursed keyboards for having fixed symbols and wished for something better, I remember the cards you used to place above your Fn keys for word processing and graphics programs, we all get freaked out remembering the keys to games and I would love to see my keys change fonts to match what I am typing.
This keyboard will give you all that, its not just another console - its new.
Having said all that, you can probably currently just keep a few customised boards and switch as needed for less than the current expected price.
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At that price, I'd expect to get the Optimus *Prime* keyboard, and it better transform into the leader of the Autobots, too!
You have it. All Optimus models so far are like this: Optimus 101, Optimus 103, Optimus 113.
All of those are prime numbers, and I doubt it's coincidental.