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My all time favorite keyboard is my apple //e. Last time I was home visiting my parents, they mentioned it was in the basement. Went down and typed a few things
by DigitalJack 10y ago
My all time favorite keyboard is my apple //e. Last time I was home visiting my parents, they mentioned it was in the basement. Went down and typed a few things just for the feel. Still my favorite.
Modern mechanicals don't compare in the slightest.
That said, I vastly prefer my MacBook Pro keyboard to modern mechanicals. It's last years model. Never tried a MacBook that I recall, so I have no opinion there.
But my last MacBook Pro was great for me for 5 years, and I plan on hanging on to this one for a while.
- ajsalminen 10y agoWhat is it that you like in particular about the //e keyboard that the current mechanicals are lacking? Looks like it has a fairly stiff linear switch.
- DigitalJack 10y agoI don't know that I can express it. If I had it with me and could perform a live comparison to my mechanical here I could probably say. Next time I visit my parents (new years maybe) I'll give it a try. From memory, which may not be accurate, I would say it felt more like playing a piano. The feel had a certain weightiness to it, and there wasn't some peak resistance/click midway through the travel. The nice thing about my MBPr is that the keyboard doesn't even enter my mind when I'm using it. I just type. I have to make an effort to specifically pay attention to it. And that is really how I like it. I don't type because I want to feel the keyboard. I type because I want to write something. I think people are mistaking familiarity (or lack thereof) with the goodness or badness of a keyboard.