Optimus Popularis, in the virtual flesh

Art Lebedev's Optimus Popularis is a more affordable follow-up to the high-priced and extravagant Maximus. There's no price for it, yet, but there is a mockup. Wired's Jose Fermoso nails it with a stone-faced "they must come down to Logitech-level pricing," noting that the Max was just a big load of pretty on a standard keyboard.

With its $1,500+ price point, however, the Max creates a gulf of opportunity between itself and the $150 DiNovo-type fancy keyboard to which Fermoso refers. They could make it $300 and people would think it was cheap.

Optimus popularis does not look terrible [Wired]

[#1 posted by Enochrewt , June 3, 2008 12:58 PM]

I don't get it. Why would I buy this keyboard if it doesn't have all the OLEDs in the keys? What's the big attraction to it?

[#2 posted by mbourgon , June 4, 2008 9:41 AM]

Who says it doesn't? My impression was that it would, just they'd be smaller and fewer.

[#3 posted by Halloween Jack , June 5, 2008 8:46 AM]

This will become the Cadillac Catera of keyboards.