Home | Forums | Article Search | Subscribe & Shop | Contact Us | Log Out Filco Majestouch Tactile Touch Email This Print This View My Personal Library Heavy Gear September 2009 • Vol.9 Issue 9 Page(s) 30 in print issue Add To My Personal Library Filco Majestouch Tactile Touch Majestouch Tactile Touch $104 Filco www.elitekeyboards.com CPU Rating: 4 Specs: Interface: USB, PS/2 (with adapter); 104-Key US ANSI Layout; Keyswitches: Cherry MX Brown (4mm travel, 50 million actuations); Dimensions: 1.5 x 17.3 x 5.4 inches (HxWxD); Cable length: 4.9 feet; Blue LEDs; one-year warranty The overwhelming majority of keyboards sold at retail stores or included with built-to-order PCs are cheap rubber dome or membrane keyboards. This is a disappointing situation, because, to put it mildly, most membrane keyboards are lackluster at best. Hardcore keyboard aficionados know mechanical keyswitch keyboards are a significant step up over membrane boards. These keyboards are built of higher-quality materials. The switches used under each button actuate consistently across every key, and they last for millions of keystrokes. The Filco Majestouch Tactile Touch, for example, is a nonclicky but tactile mechanical keyboard, based on the popular Cherry MX Brown keyswitch. It is a sleek all-black board with blue indicator LEDs and few frills. The keycaps feature a matte, textured finish that provides good grip. And the board sports true n-key rollover when connected via a PS/2 connection, which is to say pressing any key combination works without ghosting. Connecting the keyboard via USB provides 6-key rollover, which is a limitation of the USB HID driver, not the keyboard. N-key rollover is desirable for gamers or programmers that have to mash multiple buttons at once or use unusual key combinations. Typing on the Filco Majestouch Tactile Touch is an absolute pleasure: It is the best keyboard I have ever used. Its Cherry MX Brown switches require a light touch and provide a slight but noticeable tactile bump. Its keys feel solid all the way through their motion and don’t feel mushy when bottomed out, like membrane boards. At $104, the Majestouch Tactile Touch isn’t cheap by any means, but if you spend any significant amount of time in front of a computer, do yourself a favor and invest in a high-quality keyboard. by Marco Chiappetta  User Reviews Be the first to write a review of this product Want more information about a topic you found of interest while reading this article? Type a word or phrase that identifies the topic and click "Search" to find relevant articles from within our editorial database. Enter A Subject (key words or a phrase): ALL Words (‘digital’ AND ‘photography’) ANY Words (‘digital’ OR ‘photography’) Exact Match ('digital photography'- all words MUST appear together) Home      Copyright & Legal Information      Privacy Policy      Site Map      Contact Us Copyright © 2010 Sandhills Publishing Company U.S.A. All rights reserved.