Metadot Das Keyboard Professional S Silent Mechanical Brown Keyboard Unboxing Linus Tech Tips
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2013-05-07
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Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the MetaDOT Dask Keyboard Professional
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S. So, the Dask Keyboard Professional S. First, let's start with what Metadot has
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to say about the Dask Keyboard. Mechanical key switch key switches for
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maximum speed and comfort. This much is true. It also has full end key rollover,
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thus avoiding key jamming, which is a big problem, especially with very fast
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typists. So, yes, you will be more comfortable. Yes, you will be faster.
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Everyone you put a mechanical keyboard in front of, even if it's not ideal for
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them, will type faster in double-digit percentages more often than not.
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High-speed USB 2.0 hub, extra long cable, and requires some kind of
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computer as far as I can tell. All Microsoft, Mac, and Linux operating
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systems. I mean, I guess if you like
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were running
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Android on your desktop, maybe it won't work, but it probably will. So, moving
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right along. It comes with a little cleaning cloth, which is good because the Dask keyboard has a bit of a glossy
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finish to it. I'm going to go ahead and pull this out of here and pull this out
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of here. It also comes with a little installation guide, which basically
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means plug the thing into the thing. There is no driver required for the DOS
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keyboard. Now, Meta Dot has four
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different variants available. Okay. There is an ultimate S for al sorry,
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there's an ultimate silent and there's an ultimate clickie. And then there's a
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professional silent and a professional clickie. So, we went with the
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professional silent and the ultimate clickie for what's upcoming on the NCIX
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tech tips channel where we're going to do a Thank you. Uh, we're going to do a
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mechanical keyboard roundup because that gives us a good representation of
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everything available from MetaDOT. The ultimate versus professional moniker
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means that it either has
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I'm sorry, I'm just going to pull off a key cap here. It either has printing on
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the top of the keys or they are all completely blank. And then the silent
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versus clicky means that it either is using quieter key switches or ones with
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more of a distinct click. So, we're going to talk a lot about different key
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switches as well in that upcoming episode of NCX Tech Tips. So, you can
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clearly see here that the dusk keyboard silent version uses Cherry MX brown
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switches. And the brown refers not only to the color of the switch, but also to
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the characteristics of it. So, the characteristics of this switch are that
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it has a bit of a smoother travel
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and a much quieter travel compared to the ones that are used in the clicky
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version. Now, that doesn't mean that it's necessarily silent. A mechanical
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keyboard is almost always going to be louder than a membrane keyboard. And
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this is partly just due to the quality of the construction because
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if you come right down on it, you'll bottom it out. And they're generally built out of much more solid materials
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than well your standard cheapo keyboard. And quite frankly, from a typist's
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perspective, as well as from a gamer's perspective, I don't see a good reason
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why you wouldn't use a mechanical keyboard with so many options available
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on the market. On the back of the keyboard, you see we've got little feet
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for inclining it slightly should you see fit. It also has four rubber pads that
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keep it in place so it doesn't go anywhere when you put
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it down, which is good cuz keyboards that run away are bad. Okay, in terms of
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layout, everything is fairly bog standard on this guy. Long shifts, enter
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and backspace, and a completely standard layout for the rest of the keyboard. So,
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what it comes down to is the build quality of it. Nice long cables
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included. So, we're going to just open that up. There. There you go. It's
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approximately 1.15
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Linus arms bands, which makes it about I guess 7 ft. Okay. Also comes with two
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USB ports at the end of it. So, one of these is for the hub, which is oops,
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sorry, here. And the other one is for
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the actual keyboard itself. So, you can see they're clearly labeled keyboard and
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hub, which is very helpful. So, if you put this here, it won't do anything
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useful. Uh, it comes with a PS2 adapter just in case you do want to use your
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keyboard with PS2. And I think that pretty much covers it. So, remember
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guys, you can get the D keyboard in four different varieties. You can get it
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clicky or non-clicky. And you can get it with printing on the keycaps or
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completely blank if you're one of those elitists who doesn't want people to be
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able to sit down and use your computer, which I mean I can't say there's anyone
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in this room like that. But thank you for watching Landers Tech Tips. Don't
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