The biggest visual departure is a functional one. (Opens in a new window) Read Our Roccat Ryos MK Pro Review One other major change is that there are no longer flip-out legs on the underside of the keyboard for adjusting the typing angle now you prop up the keyboard using an included magnetic footbar, a workable, if inelegant solution. The fine-if-flimsy top deck has been replaced with an aluminum one that, despite barely altering the weight (from the previous-generation Model S, it's increased only from 2.51 to 2.56 pounds), makes for a noticeably sturdier, firmer feel beneath your fingers. The Das Keyboard 4 dispenses with much of the plastic that had previously defined the line's looks. It's also our Editors' Choice for general-purpose mechanical keyboards.

Though its price ($169 to $173, depending on model) makes it a tougher sell now that it's no longer the only game in town, the Das Keyboard 4 Professional is unquestionably the company's finest keyboard to date. Once you've created a market, how do you stay at the top of it? For Metadot, which in 2005 all but pioneered the commercialization of mechanical keyboards with the Das Keyboard, the answer seems to be: Keep doing what you do well and hope people will continue to pay a premium for it. Inconvenient footbar for angling up keyboard.

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