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Looking for recommendations for an Apple mechanical (self.mechanicalkeyboards)

submitted 1 year ago by PizzasDontWearCapes to c/[email protected]

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I'm partial to MX brown keys and would like to find a reasonably priced (<$130ish CDN) keyboard with a number pad

I prefer plug in since this will just sit on my desk and I'm happy to not have to worry about BT connection issues and battery levels

As a reference, I really like my Corsair K70 with brown switches

This will be attached to my work MacBook Pro - I'm a relative OSX newbie and sometimes have trouble translating the special keys from the Windows layout to Mac, so I figure having an actual Apple keyboard will make my life just a bit easier

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don’t think your question is so much about the keycaps - plenty of keycap sets are available that include Mac keys. Your question should be which keyboards are compatible with MacOS, because not all are.

For example, I built a Feker Alice but even though it’s advertised as Mac compatible, the software was for Windows, it didn’t connect correctly and I ended up having to flash it on a Windows PC I was able to borrow. It works now but I’ve been unable to customise the keys as I’d intended, and I’ve learnt my lesson about checking Mac compatibility.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also a tiny nitpick about the terminology in the OP. An 'Apple Keyboard' is a keyboard made by Apple (who haven't produced a mechanical keyboard in 30+ years; and currently offer nothing other than chiclet-key abominations); there, too, the right term is 'Mac compatible'.

.... an aluminum Apple keyboard is all I have after my Unicomp broke; and I hate it with a passion.

[–] PizzasDontWearCapes 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's pretty pedantic as people generally understand what is meant by an "Apple" keyboard. But I'll concede per the "technically correct is the best correct" rule

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

By that phrase, people understand 'manufactured by Apple' -- and on Apple forums & such, they point that out pretty rudely, as opposed to pedantically.