Norbauer Seneca review: a $3,600 luxury keyboard for the keyboard obsessed

The Norbauer Seneca is a fully custom capacitive keyboard that starts at $3,600 and is considered by the author to be the best computer keyboard ever built.
The keyboard’s luxury features include a high-end design, premium materials, and advanced technology that provides an exceptional typing experience.
The author, who is “not normal” about keyboards, finds the Seneca to be incredibly impressive, while more casual users may not notice its differences.
The Norbauer & Co company aims to establish itself as a luxury keyboard brand, comparable to high-end camera and car manufacturers like Leica and Porsche.
The author’s wife, who is not a keyboard enthusiast, was able to distinguish the Seneca from her $30 Logitech membrane keyboard, but ultimately preferred her more affordable option.

The best, and most expensive, thing I’ve ever typed on. | Photo by Nathan Edwards / The Verge

Some people can tell great wine from okay wine. They go on wine tastings, take wine tours. They tend to spend more money on wine than most.

I am not one of those people. I can tell wine from vinegar if you show me the bottle. I am just a little bit obsessed with keyboards, though.

I have spent the past couple of months typing on the Seneca, a fully custom capacitive keyboard that starts at $3,600 and might be the best computer keyboard ever built. I’ve also made a bunch of other people type on it – folks whose attitude toward keyboards is a little more utilitarian. My wife uses a mechanical keyboard because I put it on her desk; if I took it away, she would go back to her $30 Logitech membrane keyboard with no complaints. I put the Seneca on her desk. She said it was fine. I took it away. She went back to her other keyboard.

The more normal you are about keyboards, the less impressive the Seneca is. I am not normal about keyboards, and the Seneca is goddamn incredible.

The Seneca is the first luxury keyboard from Norbauer & Co, a company that would like to be for keyboards what Leica is to cameras, Porsche is to cars, or Hermés is to handbags and scarves.

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Q. What is the author’s relationship with keyboards?

A. The author is “just a little bit obsessed” with keyboards.

Q. How much does the Norbauer Seneca keyboard cost?

A. The Norbauer Seneca keyboard starts at $3,600.

Q. Who designed the Norbauer Seneca keyboard?

A. The text doesn’t mention who specifically designed the keyboard, but it mentions that Norbauer & Co is the company behind it.

Q. What type of keyboard does the author’s wife use?

A. The author’s wife uses a mechanical keyboard.

Q. How did the author’s wife react to using the Seneca keyboard?

A. She said it was “fine” when she used it, but went back to her other keyboard after being put on her desk.

Q. What is Norbauer & Co trying to achieve with its luxury keyboards?

A. Norbauer & Co wants to be like Leica for cameras, Porsche for cars, or Hermès for handbags and scarves in terms of quality and prestige.

Q. How does the author feel about the Seneca keyboard compared to more utilitarian keyboard users?

A. The author thinks the Seneca is “goddamn incredible” because they are not normal about keyboards.

Q. What makes the Norbauer Seneca keyboard special?

A. The text doesn’t explicitly state what makes it special, but implies that it’s a high-end product with unique features.

Q. Is the author an expert on wine?

A. No, the author is not an expert on wine and can only tell good wine from bad wine by looking at the bottle.

Q. How did the author spend their time while typing on the Seneca keyboard?

A. The text doesn’t mention how the author spent their time while typing on the Seneca, but mentions that they also made other people type on it.