based on: Model · keyboard
For you, the Model M.
sentiment
spec
feel · tactilebuild · solidsound · clacky
good for
buckling-spring puristsretro PC nostalgialongest-lasting daily driver
A keyboard that has outlasted decades and still gets called the best — buckling-spring tactility in a heavy industrial package.
Model M
Model · keyboard
The IBM Model M is the buckling-spring full-size original — heavy, retro, and tactile in a way most modern boards still chase. Mentions are full of family hand-me-downs and 'best keyboard I've ever used' framings. People say it's why they got into the hobby in the first place.
- +Buckling-spring tactile feel still chased by modern boards
- +Heavy industrial build that lasts for decades
- +Often passed down through families as inherited treasure
- +Snappy, clacky sound that's pure retro PC nostalgia