Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the MetaDOT Dask Keyboard Professional
S. So, the Dask Keyboard Professional S. First, let's start with what Metadot has
to say about the Dask Keyboard. Mechanical key switch key switches for
maximum speed and comfort. This much is true. It also has full end key rollover,
thus avoiding key jamming, which is a big problem, especially with very fast
typists. So, yes, you will be more comfortable. Yes, you will be faster.
Everyone you put a mechanical keyboard in front of, even if it's not ideal for
them, will type faster in double-digit percentages more often than not.
High-speed USB 2.0 hub, extra long cable, and requires some kind of
computer as far as I can tell. All Microsoft, Mac, and Linux operating
systems. I mean, I guess if you like
were running
Android on your desktop, maybe it won't work, but it probably will. So, moving
right along. It comes with a little cleaning cloth, which is good because the Dask keyboard has a bit of a glossy
finish to it. I'm going to go ahead and pull this out of here and pull this out
of here. It also comes with a little installation guide, which basically
means plug the thing into the thing. There is no driver required for the DOS
keyboard. Now, Meta Dot has four
different variants available. Okay. There is an ultimate S for al sorry,
there's an ultimate silent and there's an ultimate clickie. And then there's a
professional silent and a professional clickie. So, we went with the
professional silent and the ultimate clickie for what's upcoming on the NCIX
tech tips channel where we're going to do a Thank you. Uh, we're going to do a
mechanical keyboard roundup because that gives us a good representation of
everything available from MetaDOT. The ultimate versus professional moniker
means that it either has
I'm sorry, I'm just going to pull off a key cap here. It either has printing on
the top of the keys or they are all completely blank. And then the silent
versus clicky means that it either is using quieter key switches or ones with
more of a distinct click. So, we're going to talk a lot about different key
switches as well in that upcoming episode of NCX Tech Tips. So, you can
clearly see here that the dusk keyboard silent version uses Cherry MX brown
switches. And the brown refers not only to the color of the switch, but also to
the characteristics of it. So, the characteristics of this switch are that
it has a bit of a smoother travel
and a much quieter travel compared to the ones that are used in the clicky
version. Now, that doesn't mean that it's necessarily silent. A mechanical
keyboard is almost always going to be louder than a membrane keyboard. And
this is partly just due to the quality of the construction because
if you come right down on it, you'll bottom it out. And they're generally built out of much more solid materials
than well your standard cheapo keyboard. And quite frankly, from a typist's
perspective, as well as from a gamer's perspective, I don't see a good reason
why you wouldn't use a mechanical keyboard with so many options available
on the market. On the back of the keyboard, you see we've got little feet
for inclining it slightly should you see fit. It also has four rubber pads that
keep it in place so it doesn't go anywhere when you put
it down, which is good cuz keyboards that run away are bad. Okay, in terms of
layout, everything is fairly bog standard on this guy. Long shifts, enter
and backspace, and a completely standard layout for the rest of the keyboard. So,
what it comes down to is the build quality of it. Nice long cables
included. So, we're going to just open that up. There. There you go. It's
approximately 1.15
Linus arms bands, which makes it about I guess 7 ft. Okay. Also comes with two
USB ports at the end of it. So, one of these is for the hub, which is oops,
sorry, here. And the other one is for
the actual keyboard itself. So, you can see they're clearly labeled keyboard and
hub, which is very helpful. So, if you put this here, it won't do anything
useful. Uh, it comes with a PS2 adapter just in case you do want to use your
keyboard with PS2. And I think that pretty much covers it. So, remember
guys, you can get the D keyboard in four different varieties. You can get it
clicky or non-clicky. And you can get it with printing on the keycaps or
completely blank if you're one of those elitists who doesn't want people to be
able to sit down and use your computer, which I mean I can't say there's anyone
in this room like that. But thank you for watching Landers Tech Tips. Don't
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