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Chris Hughes suffers career blow as he's 'dropped from the BBC' ahead of major sporting coverage - after leaving ITV Racing following CBB stint
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The moment he knew he'd been caught: Bryan Kohberger's stone-faced glare at arresting officer at his parents' home
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My mother-in-law drunkenly let slip a dark family secret. It's ruined the summer vacation: DEAR JANE
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Lewis Hamilton refuses to back down from his explosive 'change the driver' comment as he gives cryptic interview after dismal showing in Hungary
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Iconic 70s film star is unrecognizable as she wears shirt teasing her famous role in John Travolta classic
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Two in five Brits secretly suspect a friend is using weight-loss jabs… but are too scared to ask them
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I was FaceTiming my best friend when the BMW she was in collided with a 26-tonne truck at nearly 100mph - the last thing I heard was her screaming
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Inside disgraced paedophile fixer Ghislaine Maxwell's new plush prison quarters - after she moaned about prisoners having sex...despite serving up underage girls to Epstein
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Vortex's Wireless Take On the Model M Keyboard: Cover Band Or New Legend?
IBM's legendary Model M keyboard was sturdy and solid. But "What would happen if you took the classic layout and look of the Model M and rebuilt it with modern mechanical guts?" asks long-time Slashdot reader uninet.
Writing for the long-running tech blog Open for Business , they review a new wireless keyboard from Vortex that was clearly inspired by the Model M:
The result is a unique keyboard with one foot in two different decades... Let's call it the Vortex M for simplicity's sake.
I first became aware of it on a Facebook ad and was immediately fascinated. It looked so close to the original Model M, I wondered if someone else had gotten access to an original mold and was trying Unicomp's game. No, they've just managed to copy the aesthetic to a nearly uncanny level... The Vortex M eschews the normal eye candy we expect on modern keyboards and attempts the closest duplication of IBM's staid early PC design sensibility I can imagine. Off-white, rugged and absolutely no frills of lighting. If you're looking for cutesy, forget it.
The keyboard's casing has the same highly textured plastic that looks and feels instantly familiar to anyone who spent too many hours interacting with early PCs. Model M to a tee. The keycaps likewise look the part... The Vortex M looks like a Model M. Its build quality feels like a Model M. But one key press and it becomes clear this is a different beast. Underneath the Model M-styled skin, Vortex's keyboard is a very modern design — everything the Unicomp is not. For our test, Vortex provided a keyboard with Cherry MX Blues, the classic clicky option the company and I both thought would best match up against Model M's buckling springs...
Vortex's product configurator offers a variety of common and less common Cherry and Gateron options, if you want to get a different sort of feel in lieu of the clicky I tested. This is possible with an MX switch-style keyboard and impossible with buckling springs with their one option of bold clicky. Not only can this be done when ordering, but also later on, thanks to hot swap switches that allow changes without soldering. Following the modern premium board theme, Vortex paired high end switches with a gasket mount and foam padding. The combination provides a solid feeling, sound dampened typing experience. Ironically, though, for a keyboard that apes the design of perhaps the loudest keyboard on the market today, the Vortex M is (relatively) quiet even with the clicky Blues on tap...
The review's highlights:
"The keyboard is exquisitely crafted to look like the IBM original... "
"The Vortex M supports connecting to three different devices via Bluetooth, along with a 2.4 GHz receiver and a USB Type-C wired connection. "
There's a full complement of media hot keys — "including an emoji key ala recent Macs. "
"For repetitive tasks, the keyboard is programmable with macros... And unlike Unicomp's boards, Vortex's can switch between PC and Mac layouts with the press of a hotkey."
The keyboard uses AA batteries rather than having a built-in rechargeable battery
The keyboard ultimately gave the reviewer some cognitive dissonance. "How am I typing on a Model M and not making a racket...?"
"Pricing varies based on options, but as tested, it clocked in at $154. That's the low end of the 'premium' market and this is an exceptional board for that price."
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Hamas CAVES to pressure from Netanyahu and concedes it might now allow the Red Cross into Gaza following global outrage over hostage videos
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Health update given on Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness after 73-year-old was rushed to hospital after suffering 'burst vein' at charity golf event
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