Awww yeah! Finally purchased the HHKB Pro 2! (Shoe for science)

The aluminum makes it incredibly heavy, which is a bad trait for a 60% board.

People complain about the HHKB not standing still. 60% keyboards are meant to be portable as much as compact on the desk.

My keyboard never moves away from its position.

The Pok3r, at least is not a portable keyboard. In fact, it is less portable than many due to the exposed switch stems. Any impacts could damage it.

The Pok3r is only available with Cherry switches, which are the worst spring-based mechanical switches.

Worst? Ok, I said that the switches all work equally well and there is no way you can demonstrate that Cherry MX switches are the "worst". They work just as well. I know a bunch of enthusiasts like to quibble about minutia and make up problems, but none of those problems actually make a difference for typing.

The HHKB layout is something you cannot program the Pok3r into having, and therefore stands as a key differenciator between these boards.

That is true, but that is also an extremely niche case. For the people who want the HHKB to have another layout, enough to void the warranty and risk breaking it to replace the controller, versus those who would want a Pok3r if only you could move one key around in a way very few people actually prefer?

It is hardly comparable.

Again, a tie, and a matter of preference.

A tie? Really? I have a Pok3r and a HHKB Pro 2. If I had people lined up to use them, after a brief tutorial on how to use a 60% keyboard, and I listed the prices, which do you think people would think is the better keyboard?

The one they can type on (or even program to a large extent) or the one that they have to retrain their mind to type on and then be stuck using that layout that almost no other keyboard uses?

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