 Welcome to my unboxing and first look at the MetaDot DAS Keyboard Professional S. So the DAS Keyboard Professional S, first let's start with what MetaDot has to say about the DAS Keyboard. Mechanical key switches for maximum speed and comfort. This much is true. It also has full-end key rollover, thus avoiding key jamming, which is a big problem, especially with very fast typists. So yes, you will be more comfortable, yes you will be faster. Everyone you put a mechanical keyboard in front of, even if it's not ideal for them, will type faster. In double digit percentages more often than not. High-speed USB 2.0 hub, extra long cable, and requires some kind of computer as far as I can tell. All Microsoft, Mac, and Linux operating systems. I mean, I guess if you like, were running Android on your desktop, maybe it won't work, but it probably will. So moving right along, it comes with a little cleaning cloth, which is good because the DAS Keyboard has a bit of a glossy finish to it. I'm gonna go ahead and pull this out of here, and pull this out of here. It also comes with a little installation guide, which basically means plug the thing into the thing. There is no driver required for the DAS Keyboard. Now, MetaDot has four different variants available. There is an Ultimate Silent, and there's an Ultimate Clicky, and then there's a Professional Silent, and a Professional Clicky. So we went with the Professional Silent and the Ultimate Clicky for what's upcoming on the NCIX Tech Tips channel, where we're gonna do a mechanical keyboard roundup, because that gives us a good representation of everything available from MetaDot. The Ultimate versus Professional moniker means that it either has... I'm sorry, I'm just gonna pull off a keycap here. It either has printing on the top of the keys, or they're all completely blank. And then the Silent versus Clicky means that it either is using quieter key switches, or ones with more of a distinct click. So we're gonna talk a lot about different key switches as well in that upcoming episode of NCIX Tech Tips. So you can clearly see here that the DAS Keyboard Silent version uses Cherry MX Brown switches, and the brown refers not only to the color of the switch, but also to the characteristics of it. So the characteristics of this switch are that it has a bit of a smoother travel, and a much quieter travel compared to the ones that are used in the Clicky version. Now, that doesn't mean that it's necessarily silent. A mechanical keyboard is almost always going to be louder than a membrane keyboard, and this is partly just due to the quality of the construction, because if you come right down on it, you'll bottom it out, and they're generally built out of much more solid materials than, well, your standard Tee-Poo keyboard. And quite frankly, from a typist's perspective, as well as from a gamer's perspective, I don't see a good reason why you wouldn't use a mechanical keyboard with so many options available on the market. On the back of the keyboard, you see we've got little feet for inclining it slightly, should you see fit. It also has four rubber pads that keep it in place, so it doesn't go anywhere when you put it down, which is good, because keyboards that run away are bad. Okay, in terms of layout, everything is fairly bog standard on this guy. Long shifts, enter, and backspace, and a completely standard layout for the rest of the keyboard. So what it comes down to is the build quality of it. Nice long cables included, so we're going to just open that up there. There you go, it's approximately 1.15 Linus arm spans, which makes it about, I guess, seven feet. Okay, also comes with two USB ports at the end of it, so one of these is for the hub, which is here, and the other one is for the actual keyboard itself. So you can see they're clearly labeled keyboard and hub, which is very helpful. So if you put this here, it won't do anything useful. Comes with a PS2 adapter, just in case you do want to use your keyboard with PS2, and I think that pretty much covers it. So remember guys, you can get the DAS keyboard in four different varieties. You can get it clicky or non-clicky, and you can get it with printing on the keycaps, or completely blank if you're one of those elitists who doesn't want people to be able to sit down and use your computer, which I mean, I can't say there's anyone in this room like that, but thank you for watching Linus Tech Tips. Don't forget to subscribe.