EEVBlog #1159 Dave Jones reviews the DM42

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(12-19-2018 06:49 AM)Tugdual Wrote:  Interesting comment from Dave on the keyboard construction. I somehow believe that the original HPs had a hinge on each key while on the dm42 it is a plastic bloc that is bent. To me that is a no go especially for 200€ since I have no faith in the durability of this solution (also for that price I would rather go for a 150€ Prime with color touch screen and a lot more features).
Anybody knows more on this ?

This type of keyboard is on all sorts of 21st century (and late 20th) consumer products , yes they can fail - but in my experience it’s down to a unintentional physical incident/accident.
I doubt any other type of keyboard would survive in a similar accident either.