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djspinnet
03-24-2008, 10:06 AM
Optimus Mini 3, from Art Lebedev (http://www.artlebedev.com/everything/optimus-mini/), the creators of the famed Optimus Keyboard :P

It's a minimalist programmable OLED keyboard which is basically 3 buttons which you can press to trigger some actions. When it's in idle state, it shows the time & weather, cpu and memory usage for my Mac Mini desktop. On top of that, I have programmed the buttons to launch/focus to my favourite, most-used apps :) It's really convenient to be able to press a button to do tasks especially when my desk is covered with two, and sometimes three, running computers... and I multitask between all :-X

The nice thing is that you can also press modifier keys like Command key, Option key, Shift and Control to bring up different keys so effectively I can program up to 15 keys in total! Its cool cos I can partition the programmed keys according to task.

Here's how it looks like... the box.
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The Optimus Mini 3 on my desktop
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Some close ups of my partitions... the "news reading partition"
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My "web browsers" partition...
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It's really convenient! :)
noruazumi
03-24-2008, 12:20 PM
wow! very nice... how much does it cost?
ShaolinTiger
03-24-2008, 12:23 PM
Heh stim! I always dreamed of having the full Optimus keyboard...I think I'd need to sell both of the kidneys first tho.
djspinnet
03-24-2008, 01:58 PM
wow! very nice... how much does it cost?
RM450... from HK.

Heh stim! I always dreamed of having the full Optimus keyboard...I think I'd need to sell both of the kidneys first tho.
Heh me too! But I'll have to sell both my kidneys and liver first also ler...
noruazumi
03-24-2008, 02:03 PM
that is one expensive keyboard! :rolleyes:
swleong
03-24-2008, 02:09 PM
this gadget will make me look so much sexier while surfing in Starbucks cafe...but chances are, it will get stolen in 3 minutes....;)
Alan_drg
03-24-2008, 03:11 PM
Lol, I tot Optimus Prime :P:run_away:
Crazymalaysian
03-24-2008, 05:31 PM
that is one expensive keyboard! :rolleyes:

The full keyboard costs more. :rolleyes:

http://store.artlebedev.com/computer_add-ons/optimus/

It starts out at $462, and goes up to $1.5k depending on how many oled keys you want. Alternatively, you could start with the cheapest, then buy keys as you save up. Each key goes for about 10 bucks I believe.
djspinnet
03-24-2008, 08:27 PM
that is one expensive keyboard! :rolleyes:
What, the Optimus Mini? Mini quite affordable... anything else from Art Lebedev is NOT!

this gadget will make me look so much sexier while surfing in Starbucks cafe...but chances are, it will get stolen in 3 minutes....;)

Just get a MacBook Air lah... my colleague walked in Holly's in Cineleisure with the MBA and everyone clapped their hands.
swleong
03-24-2008, 09:27 PM
What, the Optimus Mini? Mini quite affordable... anything else from Art Lebedev is NOT!



Just get a MacBook Air lah... my colleague walked in Holly's in Cineleisure with the MBA and everyone clapped their hands.

sure or not? then i will get an Iphone and MAC together lo :cool:
djspinnet
03-24-2008, 10:29 PM
sure or not? then i will get an Iphone and MAC together lo :cool:

Well, my obsoleted 12" PowerBook still turns heads wherever I take it to... :D

Lets just say, any Aluminium  notebooks (read: Pro series) or iPhone/iPod touch will give you a higher degree of sexy/cool factor, or like my friend likes to say, chick creds than your typical Dell/HP/Lenovo/Acer/Asus notebooks.

The Macbook/iBook won't get you the same head-turning results, although you'll still get people going "ooooh check out that white Mac"