I've used several keyboards with blues. I currently have a Poker II, but I've also used/owned a Das (model 3), Razer BWU (older model that actually had blues, not the Razer greens), Razer Orbweaver, and I even have a few spare blue switches lying around. The bump is very noticeable if you slowly depress the switch, but as soon as I start typing on them, they just feel muddy and unremarkable.

Clear switches definitely require more force, as do greens.

I have to disagree. Blues are my least-favorite switch by Cherry. I find the click to be both anemic and irritatingly high-pitched, while the "bump" is almost nonexistent at typing speeds. It feels more like a gummed-up linear switch than a tactile one. Greens are a bit better, as are clears. Reds are my favorite, by far. And don't get me started on Cherry-style stabilizers. (I really wish Costar was more common.)

Honestly, I find Cherry to be a poor choice for mechanical keyboard switch. I would much rather use buckling spring, ALPS, or Topre. Now that Matias is coming out with linear ALPS, the argument for reds will likely go away, as well. Reports I've read indicate the Matias switches are smoother and quieter than reds, which is very welcome.

The only reason I ever recommend Cherry-based boards is for aesthetics. Those boards plain look nicer, and there's a big scene for aftermarket keycaps with all sorts of colors, shape/profile, materials, etc. that you won't find for the others I mentioned.

I have a Max Keyboard Blackbird. I got it primarily because it has doubleshot keys, but the backlighting looks nice, and it actually serves a purpose. The keyboard has a timer function. When the timer goes off, the lights flash like crazy. At first, I thought it was a completely useless gimmick, but I find myself using it multiple times per day. It's quicker than using my phone, and much less obtrusive than a noisy alarm.

Unicomp says they have a steel plate. Odds are your plate isn't as thick as the one in the IBM, especially if it's a gray/silver label.

Typing on a Unicomp right now. It doesn't have the same level of fit & finish of other boards, but typing on it is a dream.

Now, I'm not saying to ignore the marketing that mechanical keyboards are better (I own six, myself...it's a weird hobby); I'm saying that the notion that certain switches are for gaming, while others are for typing, is pretty much bunk. MX Blacks are often described as "gaming" switches, but they came out in the mid-1980s. I've gamed on blues, and I've typed on reds. I've even gamed on an ancient IBM beamspring keyboard (precursor to buckling spring found in the Model F and Model M keyboards) and a few Topre boards. Any switch will be fine for any role. I think even hardcore gaming companies like Razer understands this, because they don't offer a keyboard with a linear switch.

"Plaintiffs didn't suffer damages" is a laughable reason?

I've been using Firefox for the past six months or so because I don't like Chrome, but Chrome still has the technology edge in several cases. This looks to be bridging at least some of that gap. It would have been better if it happened three years ago, but late is better than never.

He probably doesn't want to screw over the next democratic candidate, though.

Meh, maybe the wording is wrong, but it's still an annoying thing for Apple to do. The hardware supports it, and the tweak to make it work is trivial--you just enter the hardware identifier into the kext.

I'm normally one that rolls his eyes when I hear this term, but I think in the case of Yosemite, there's definitely an instance of planned obsolescence. Handoff requires Bluetooth-4.0 (BLE). This is fine. Any Mac that has BLE should work with the feature. And they do...except for the mid-2011 Macbook Air. Luckily, there's a hack you can do with a hex editor and mucking about with kexts. Do so, and the feature works flawlessly. It's ridiculous that Apple would do this.

http://forums.macrumors.com/sh...

Cycle through windows: Command + `

Move cursor to beginning/end of line: Command + Left/Right

Case insensitivity: You can enable this, but there might be repercussions

Green plus: Only maximizes windows in Yosemite. Schizophrenic behavior is gone. The original idea was that it would resize the window to be exactly as large as it needed to be in order to show all its content, but it was often confusing.

I disagree that they're the best-feeling keyboards, but they're certainly the nicest non-mechanical keyboards I've ever used. (I would personally hate a silent keyboard.)

Leopold and Filco make some very solid Cherry-based keyboards (and in Leopold's case, some Topre options). They come in ISO variants, IIRC.

Higher actuation force and loudness are the primary reasons most Model M users like their keyboards. Sounds like it's just not for you. (Personally, the Model M isn't loud enough for me.)