Welcome back to the Switch and Click. Today, I talk about all the different parts you need to start building your own ...

Chances are, like everyone else, your dad spends a lot of time on a computer. And chances are, the computer setup they're using is pretty standard — it might even be downright boring. But it doesn’t ...

Building your first custom mechanical keyboard can be intimidating. Between all the parts and terminology involved, it’s hard to know where to start. Thankfully, it’s also never been easier to jump ...

This content compares mechanical keyboards, focusing on the Drop Ctrl, Razer Huntsman, and Hexgears Impulse models. It covers ...

If you’re a college student, you do a lot of typing. That’s just a fact. Whether you’re writing code at 3 a.m., working on an essay or dissertation, or writing for a university publication (like I’ll ...

I’m fed up with mainstream gaming keyboards. They’re just too expensive for what you get. My frustration to find something I really loved led me to finally bite the bullet and build my own. It’s a ...

Mechanical keyboards are more than a product category. Over the last decade they’ve become an online phenomenon, with an enormous community of fans and tinkerers (including yours truly) joining in the ...

Before the 1990s, mechanical keyboards were the norm, and it wasn’t until after companies discovered membrane keyboards were cheaper to make that they became the new standard. Although cheaper, ...

Sometimes, bigger is better. And sometimes, bigger is just… massive. That’s the word that comes to mind when looking at and pricing the latest DIY mechanical keyboard from YouTuber Glarses that’s as ...

I have occasionally felt like I might be missing out by not using a mechanical keyboard with my Mac, especially since I use ...

Stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, Weinberg sophomore Jovy Zhou stumbled upon a video of a mechanical keyboard. Four years and five custom-built keyboards later, Zhou founded NU Mechanical ...

Mechanical keyboards — in which every key uses an individual physical switch to send information to your computer rather than activating a contact on a membrane as in a modern laptop keyboard — have ...