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Image description: Image shows batches 1, 2 and 3 sold out for the Ryzen 7 7840HS which costs $1,399.

For now both DIY and prebuild edition (all configurations) are in batch 4 which ships in late Q4 2023.

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[–] sh1ggy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Interesting, never seen something like this. What's the benefit using these?

[–] yuumei@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's all personal taste, but I think that the staggered layout of "normal" keyboards feels horrible. I mean we don't need to keep typewriter hammer arms from jamming any more :) It takes a while to get used to ortho but I find it much more comfortable

[–] Marruk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love that I got to experience the computer revolution from (nearly) the start to its current state, but damn, I really do resent some of the bad habits I've picked up due to technical limitations that existed when I got started. I think ortho looks just so much better and more comfortable, but the typewriter layout is firmly engrained in my muscle memory...

[–] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They have ergonomic QWERTY keyboards for decades now actually. I'm still rocking my Microsoft ergonomic keyboard from years back.

[–] Marruk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The ergonomic keyboards I've seen still had offset keyboard rows, rather than the ortholinear setup shown in the tweet linked above. It's the uniform spacing and grid layout that I've never seen before (not to say that means its new; just new to me!).

[–] astral_avocado@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Better, more accurate touch typing essentially.