Hi Icarium,
I have just received the Nec APC H412 Blue Oval. It arrived very quickly and in good shape. Thank you. My first hot impressions are:
It looks and feels sturdy. However typing on it gave me some contradicting feelings; i like the lightness of the touch that reminds me of blue alps switches, but the NEC's are quite scratchy compared to my Chicony kB 5161 and the clickness seems to be less audible, at least on some keys it appears to be clearer than on others, particularly on shining ones, that's an obvious sign of worn-out. The overall impression isn't so bad, if it wasn't for that hideous reverberant sound that comes out from the case and seems due to the metal plate hinging the keycaps, underneath. Opening the keyboard, the metal plate panel pings even louder when you snap on it directly or on the outer plastic case.
Anyway my son liked it and wanted to test it on his pc, giving me back the IBM M122 battleship type IV that I had lent him some time back. In conclusion, every cloud has a silver lining (i'm joking, of course)

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