ask e.g. Flaretech ... they produce the switches , not Razer ... ( dunno if Flaretech produce for Razer , but they do for example Gigabyte/Aorus K9 [ optical ] )
They are both optical switches, but one is a mechanical design while the other is a scissor switch the key travel and actuation point is entirely different between the two. That's why scissor switch keyboards in some regard are still technically better in area's. They could use improvements on the reliability side being a membrane design still which is where a optical scissor switch would improve them greatly plus that would improve the debounce as a by product as well and certainly most scissor switch keyboards weren't design as well in regard to n-key rollover for gaming either more office usage typing. They are quite quiet and a great typing experience overall quick, smooth, and accurate.
The key Razer used in it's laptop was a scissor switch key design structure with low key travel and actuation point, but optical rather than membrane so debounce time improves substantially along with key travel and actuation point relative to a Flaretech optical mechanical switch. I'm certain Razer had n-key rollover as well. About the only tweak I'd make is making the key caps themselves a bit convex and I'd make it hybrid between wired/wireless as well to offer the flexibility best of both worlds since it really wouldn't add too much additional cost especially when you're already probably paying a fair bit of premium on the optical scissor switches. Razer simply needs to step up and make a desktop version with more gamer minded convex key caps and it's got a good design win. I think a lot of non-gamer's would certainly approve of it as well programmers and office space workers for example would certainly like it quieter, quicker, and stealthier quick brown fox's flanks the chicken coup...something something type type type...
