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Wait, I just described the PS3. JUST KIDDING. *runs for cover*]]>Apr 27th 2007 12:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Apr 27th 2007 1:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
Do you feel the ground shaking? I do believe it's the collective hypemotron of the Internet gathering against you.

Still, the $1.5k pricetag, as expected as it was, made me recoil. Damn.]]>Apr 27th 2007 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Apr 27th 2007 1:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Apr 27th 2007 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
I bet it never ships. It just is not a sustainable product division. If there was a market for stupidly priced keyboards, Logitech and Microsoft would already be all over it. Heck, keyboards like the G15 already push the boundary of what people are willing to spend for advanced peripherals.]]>Apr 27th 2007 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Apr 27th 2007 2:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/"Uh... I don't even think the stupidly wealthy is going to spend the $1500 on this product."

Brian, please don't underestimate the stupidly wealthy. You really have no idea what they are capable of...
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Would it be too hard to duplicate? I mean just get some OLED small displays or something......

Let's boycott this thing.]]>Apr 27th 2007 1:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
For this amount of money...

... I could buy this keyboard...

... or I could buy a 42" LCD HDTV and an Xbox 360 from Costco.


Wonder what I'm gonna do?

This completes today's lesson on "Better Ways to Spend Your Money".]]>Apr 27th 2007 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
Not people thinking "Hmm... should I buy this, or should I get these other things for the same cost..." comprende?]]>Apr 27th 2007 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Apr 27th 2007 2:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
Let me know when Logitech catches on and makes the "G" keys on it's G15 keyboard into little LCDs. They already have the software to do it with the big LCD, shouldn't be much of a stretch to add some more small ones.]]>Apr 27th 2007 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Apr 27th 2007 2:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
Honestly, if I had the money, an HTPC, carputer, home theater, an awesome amp and headphone setup, a new computer, and a second 2407, I would totally jump on this.]]>Apr 27th 2007 3:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Apr 27th 2007 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
You only missed his birthday by a few years though, right?]]>Apr 27th 2007 3:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/@Jeff Dunn @ Apr 27th 2007 3:10AM
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>Shouldn't that be $1564?
>You only missed his birthday by a few years though,
>right?

Engadget has it wrong, the link to the LiveJournal site shows the price as $1564:

"To be or not to be - the price for the Optimus Maximus keyboard with finalized specs is US$ 1564 (Shakespeare's birthday)."

ref: http://community.livejournal.com/optimus_project/28887.html
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hehehehehe
]]>Apr 27th 2007 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Apr 27th 2007 3:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Apr 27th 2007 4:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
This is first-gen technology. First-gen technology that IS NOT CATERED TOWARDS CASUAL USERS. It is geared towards workstation users who demand a LOT from their computer in a serious working environment. What's a $1500 keyboard on an $80k audio workstation? Stop and think, people - you don't scoff at the price of a $140k Jaguar saying "oh, nobody's ever going to buy that", because people do, and the product isn't even geared towards people who can't afford it. It's not geared towards you, but that doesn't mean you can't stop to look at it.

This is a tech blog - cool shit like this will be covered even if it is out of most of our price ranges, this isn't a shopping recommendation blog.]]>Apr 27th 2007 5:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Unfortunately, gamers and casual users have to wait for relative affordable prices and availability. I am sure, that Microsoft and Logitech will eventually license or buyout this technology.]]>May 8th 2007 2:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
This is (and always has been) a pro product. Whether or not some rich geeks buy it is irrelevent to the business model that Art L has aimed at.

This is a unique product, and almost certainly the first of many. Any of you geeks know how many shortcut keys there are in the average NLE system for pro video editing. Or an audio setup.

We just spent $15,000 on two Mac Pro setups and the same again for a disk array linked to them. They're installed in a suite that cost somewhere north of $200,000 to build, and rents out at $3000 a day. Do you really think we care about a $1500 cost if it improves the setup, or if it is requested by a client. Personally, as an editor, I think this would be a very useful tool, and a great alternative to the custom keyboards used by 1,000 of professionals all over the world.

With proper application support, I expect similar products to this to become STANDARD in creative workstations within 5-10 years. ]]>May 7th 2007 5:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.automotoportal.com/article/Top_10_most_expensive_cars_in_the_world and wonder who the hell buys these. Yeah, this keyboard is for the rich, it's more geared towards, and I say this lightly, "nerds", ahaha kidding. Good luck ranting, everyone.

P.S. I know this comment is extremely late.]]>Jun 9th 2007 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Apr 27th 2007 5:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
PS All you whining fools read Tom's intelligent and informed post (@ Apr 27th 2007 5:12AM). You might learn something for once.]]>Apr 27th 2007 5:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/This keyboard while very expensive, is also very useful. Especially for applications such as Photoshop or most movie editing programs. There are thousands of people that do this and these are the people who I suspect will be their target market, Professionals who are wealthy from their work being a photo editer at a modeling agency, a paparazzi, perhaps a video editor working in Hollywood. The fact is these keyboards just scream innovation and at this pricetag, it seems pretty reasonable for some to own this. I can probobly see Jobs and Gates getting this clearly because it looks so dam cool, and definatly some other Famous people. And they make 300 grand just selling 200 of these babys!]]>Apr 27th 2007 6:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Apr 27th 2007 7:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
also St Georges day (saint of england)

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happy birthday for last monday, i had a big wii gamer party! was fuckin amazing!
converted two sony lovers to go and get a wii!]]>Apr 27th 2007 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Apr 27th 2007 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Apr 27th 2007 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/blog/?p=73

They will sell all 200 of these KBs on the first day, believe it. At one point, this was my most anticipated product. After 2.5 years of delays and a price tag 7x the original estimate, I am totally uninterested, and I am in one of those professions that might actually benefit from it...]]>Apr 27th 2007 2:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Jul 6th 2007 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
I am a programmer and I am going to order a Cherry g80-3000 soft action. If I remember well, both the tactile and auditory feedback were a joy. Much quieter than an IBM model M but still clicky. I guess it will set me back about 100$, but it is well worth it. Now, 15x that much cash? gimme a break.]]>Apr 27th 2007 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
And I know that people say "good workers KNOW the shortcuts". If I worked in a graphics house, using: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premier, and Audition; that's hundreds of keyboard shortcuts! I wouldn't be surprised if it neared the 1,000 mark. You're not going to remember every one, and having a straight-forward graphical display of what the keys do with real-time modifiers is incredibly intuitive and you can't argue the practicality in workstation environments.

Now, in the HOME environment? It's pretty impractical. Probably won't stop some people from getting it though.


Also, to clear up the confusion about Shakespeare's birthday: Art never specificed WHICH Shakespeare. I'm sure there's many.]]>Apr 27th 2007 12:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
they're meant to be typed on.]]>Apr 27th 2007 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
sure, you aren't going to look at it while you're typing, or even really while gaming (though it'd be cool to have the keys as icons of the different items and actions etc)..

Think about CAD programs, photoshop, video, sound editing programs; Think about people who type more than one language... Think of all the times you forgot a keyboard shortcut... Now imagine you could hold ctrl and all the letters turn into "copy" "save" "print" etc.

People have already even started coding games you play on the keys themselves... There is even video support on the keys, (albeit 3fps or somesuch)

The possibilities are really endless]]>Apr 28th 2007 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Apr 27th 2007 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
So true. There's a reason that Avid workstations have color-coded and specialized keys. You can only remember so many commands - some are so infrequently used that you never repeat them enough to learn them.]]>Apr 27th 2007 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/
Wait, I just described the PS3. JUST KIDDING. *runs for cover*"

Phew, for a second I thought you were talking about the iPhone.
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It's beautiful.]]>Apr 27th 2007 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/]]>Apr 27th 2007 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/27/optimus-maximus-gets-price-and-date/Apr 27th 2007 8:37PM