Hot take: a guy at the swap meet said my IBM Model M was 'too loud for an office' and it made me rethink my whole desk setup | Button Click Sounds

Jesse Kim · 2026-09-30T02:10:02.295395+00:00

I told him the buckling spring clack was the whole point, but then I tried typing next to my sleeping kid and now the Model M lives in the garage and a quiet board sits on my desk, so where do you all draw the line between feel and being able to hear yourself think?

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Hot take: a guy at the swap meet said my IBM Model M was 'too loud for an office' and it made me rethink my whole desk setup | Button Click Sounds - The Design Community Hub