What Keyboards Are You guys Using??

[Pete JF]

Im looking for a Mac friendly keyboard that has nice feel, usb ports, and has backlit keys for my editing/printing area etc..

what are you folks using?

[Peano]

Whatever you buy, go mechanical. I highly recommend this source (many brands and features).

[Pete JF]

Hey..thanks, that's cool.

Yes, I'm a fan of mechanical boards for sure..

What are you currently using, Peano?

[Kevin Gallagher]

 If I may, I found that the having the color coded keyboard covers very helpful. I alternate between PS, LR, and FCPX all on a Mac of course. I have no affiliation with this company, I just have had very good luck with their products http://kbcovers.com, I'm sure there are others that make covers for PC centric users as well.

 Kevin in CT

[Peano]

Hey..thanks, that's cool.

Yes, I'm a fan of mechanical boards for sure..

What are you currently using, Peano?

I have this Filco, with a Wacom tablet beside it.

[davidgp]

Not sure if it they meet your requirements, at home I use a Das keyboard Ultimate: http://www.daskeyboard.com (I bought it several years ago... When mechanical were doing a come back and it was not easy, for not saying impossible to find one with Spanish layout, so, not having any marks on the key was useful for me).

At work now I'm using a Ducky TKL keyboard - https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_list&m=1 , they are retro illuminated... But I think there is no Mac version... So for a Mac you do to perform some key remapping to have the Command, Control and Option in the same position as your old keyboard...


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[Pete JF]

Thanks Peano and David.

Kevin: Not sure I need a cover template..just a bit of light under the keys when my room is dimmed for editing and printing and nice responsive board

Just saying -Im stunned at how many keyboards are out there.

..Been researching this stuff the last few days and it's a bit overwhelming. What a huge market that I never really  thought about.

[davidgp]

..Been researching this stuff the last few days and it's a bit overwhelming. What a huge market that I never really  thought about.

As in cameras, now the money is in the high end stuff... The PC market is decreasing in general, but I read somewhere that the gaming PC industry is increasing, you see now a lot of companies doing high end products for gaming rigs, that includes mechanical keyboards...

I'm not gamer... But it makes easy to find mechanical keyboards for typing without too much RGB led lights...

[Pete JF]

Bought one..anAzio MK mac Illuminated

Was $99.00

Like the feel (mechanical) not too loud.

Like the backlight..high/low/off..(wish they had slightly lower light level setting)

Volume scroll wheel and mute button..meaningless for me, I'd take a regular key for that.

HATE the graphics on the 'Shift-Combo" keys..they changed it to side by side as opposed to on top of each other..IMO no real logic for this.
and for some reason this really pisses me off..I'll get over it i guess, as i grow into being a better human being??

All in all after 1 day things feel pretty good on this board..

I was gonna jump into a Matias but they don't have a lighted, mechanical, USB ported model just yet..Saved $50 here through it's ok.

Otherwise..I wish I had a couple of USB ports on the keyboard but..whatever.

[Doug Gray]

Not sure if it they meet your requirements, at home I use a Das keyboard Ultimate: http://www.daskeyboard.com (I bought it several years ago... When mechanical were doing a come back and it was not easy, for not saying impossible to find one with Spanish layout, so, not having any marks on the key was useful for me).

At work now I'm using a Ducky TKL keyboard - https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_list&m=1 , they are retro illuminated... But I think there is no Mac version... So for a Mac you do to perform some key remapping to have the Command, Control and Option in the same position as your old keyboard...


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I'll second the DAS keyboard. Solid, nice over center feel, and a nice click to it. Bought mine about 5 years ago.

[red2]

I love the Apple Extended Keyboard. (http://lowendmac.com/2006/the-legendary-apple-extended-keyboard/ and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Extended_Keyboard) These were included with early Macs (Mac II, Mac IIci, etc.) I saved a couple, cleaned them, and continue to use one with my MacPro. Probably hard to find, but if you can get a good one you will like it. Requires an adapter since these old keyboards did not use USB (used Apple Desktop Bus connectors). The adapter works fine with my current system (OS X 10.11.6). The adapter: https://www.amazon.com/Griffin-2001-ADB-iMate-Universal-adapter/dp/B000067V8L/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496517084&sr=8-1&keywords=adb+to+usb+adapter

[smahn]

http://matias.ca/aluminum/backlit/

Just like the apple extended but w/ black backlit keys like the macbook pros. Very nice.