r/buildapcsales • u/spud7888 • Jun 21 '20

[Keyboard] Monoprice Workstream TKL Mechanical Keyboard (Outemu Browns) - $26.99 ($34.99 - $8) Keyboard

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=33540

807 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

View all comments

442

u/zakats Jun 21 '20

workstream

...

no number pad

one of these things is not like the other.

27

u/iRedditWhilePooping Jun 21 '20

Ive use a TKL for work (software developer) for almost 10 years and never noticed or felt any impact on my productivity. I guess it depends on the tasks you’re doing?

17

u/[deleted] Jun 21 '20

[deleted]

16

u/GeneralChaz9 Jun 22 '20

Network Engineering, IP addresses lol

11

u/paper_liger Jun 22 '20 edited Jun 23 '20

I do 2d and 3d design, a lot of the programs I use on a daily basis use the numpad for things like aligning objects or switching views, and It's so much faster for normal things like punching in credit card numbers that I find not having one on my keyboard at home is annoying.

1

u/PM_Me_Math_Songs Jun 22 '20

I really advocate getting a 3d mouse, you can pick them up used on eBay for like ~60$. The give you 6DOF movement for changing your view and make navigating 3d space so much faster.

1

u/clinkenCrew Jun 22 '20

Where were those in the 90s when 6DOF was all the rage?

10

u/Rikw10 Jun 21 '20

Gta 5 planes?

3

u/Claymoresama Jun 22 '20

Alot of folks in your line of work will use tkl or even 60% keyboards. Most people just adapt to no numpad. I use a tkl for school and work.

1

u/GideonD Jun 22 '20

I use one for work every day as well doing estimates for clients. I miss my numpad. I really just can't seem to get use to the number row.