Nov 28 2007Optimus Maximus Keyboard Configurations
Many of you probably already know about the ridiculous Art Lebedev 'Optimus Maximus' keyboard that has been hyped for the past little while. If you don't then it's a keyboard in which the keys are little active OLED displays, capable of being changed to whatever you want. Well now the company has announced different configurations other than the full 113 active button one that costs $1,564. That's right folks, for $999 you can get 47 active buttons, $599 for 10, and for a paltry $462 you can get an active spacebar only. I'll admit the thing looks bad-ass (well, only the 113 and 47 models), but come on Art, $1,513? For that kind of money the damn thing better do my typing for me. What a piece of crappity crap. I mean what absolute garbage. Poppy-cock! This thing is a joke. Trash! Waste of money. Poo-poo. Horribly horrible! Seriously Art, send me a free one and I'll make that all go away.
A video demo after the jump, but the ass-monkey can't hold the camera steady.
Reader Comments
1. guate6 - November 28, 2007 12:48 PM
In theory, it's neat, but it's actually crap, mostly because of the price. I can make one myself with an old keyboard, a breadboard and some LED's. (proto-)
2. Bonjoor - November 28, 2007 1:01 PM
Je préfère ma machine à écrire...
Mais d' ailleurs pourquoi on parle de ce clavier ?
3. American Fries - November 28, 2007 2:00 PM
Fuck off Bonjorr or should I say Va chier! Stupid french idiot.
4. mactank - November 28, 2007 2:14 PM
I'm A Douche. I'm A Douche. I'm A Douche. I'm A Douche.
5. vixen - November 28, 2007 3:17 PM
that's it??
blah. boring. for 1500 bucks i want it to sing and gimme a poptart.
6. CLICK HERE - November 28, 2007 5:41 PM
Yeah, it's a really crap!
7. Dr. House - November 29, 2007 4:17 AM
wow American fries...
you make me so damn proud of being American...
idiot.
8. I like FRENCH fries - November 29, 2007 8:20 AM
heres a thought...if all things french are so useless that the morons in the states need to rename anything french...then maybe you'de best send that lovely green lady liberty back to france.....or did you forget where she came from?...
9. nicknamerad - November 29, 2007 10:49 AM
did you all americans forget where you came from?
just playing xD
10. Michael Brown - November 29, 2007 9:00 PM
ignorance is bliss. Keyboard is awsome and I plan to order one.
11. laz - November 30, 2007 8:32 AM
@ american fries
it's sad that americans dont actually realise that the rest of the world doesnt hold them in such high regard. it's comments like this that make it valid.
get over yourself - travel - maybe you'll learn something.
12. heather m. - March 15, 2008 4:07 PM
I love the Geekologie comments. I love how this has just devolved into a bunch of people telling off a bigot who may or may not be the real thing.
With apologies, I'm going to be on-topic. I wouldn't buy optimus maximus if it were $5. I really just don't get it. The appearance of the keys on my keypad is pretty much irrelevant. I can touch type. I've played a fair number of video games. I can use hot-keys without hunting-and-pecking all over the keyboard.