The ultimate keyboard? HHKB Professional HG JAPAN
HHKB Professional HG JAPAN is simply amazing. Who doesn’t love a keyboard with keys painted by the “special Urushi brush made from the tender hairs of a virgin.” CNet Asia
Look at that hand painted and gold dusted keyboard. Popgadget has this to say:
I’m not sure why anyone would pay US$4240 for a blank keyboard (when you can get one for US$90), but since this is Japan we’re talking about here, the question is clearly rhetorical.
According to CNET Asia’s Mobile Ojisan, the Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional HG Japan (love the name!) is the product of a collaboration between Fujitsu PFU and Daitetsu-Yatsui Urushi Workshop, the latter a traditional lacquerware maker. Each key is handpainted with 10 coats of Japanese lacquer, then sprinkled with gold dust.
If anyone wants to go halvsies on this, let me know.
For more info on the awesome Happy Hacker Keyboards visit Eric Bergen’s post on The Keyboard of Champions