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Not saying that you are wrong, but I have a couple of questions: do you touch type? which types of keyboards did you use in the past? Laptop, desktop, chiclets?

Not saying that you are wrong, but I have a couple of questions: do you touch type? which types of keyboards did you use in the past? Laptop, desktop, chiclets? Mechanical? I think this may have to do with the kinds of keyboards people are used to. Some prefer lighter keys, some prefer a lot of key travel, some like clicky keys, etc. This is why Cherry makes so many kinds of switches...

brandonmenc 9y ago
> do you touch type? Whenever I profess my love for the new keyboard here, someone always asks me if I touch type. Yes. The new MBP keyboards actually kick ass for touch typing, and I'm just as shocked when someone doesn't think that, as you are (I'm guessing) when you find out that I touch type. I have used and loved Model M and Thinkpad keyboards, among others. Now I can't use anything else because the new MBP keyboards are so much better, in my opinion.
zitterbewegung 9y ago
At home at my Desktop I type in an IBM model M. I used to have a Corsair k70 which I played FPSes and Warframe. I have a Apple Bluetooth keyboard that is a chicklet. I also have a Chicklet keyboard on a Toshiba satellite . I also used the chicklet keyboards on a MacBook Pro 2011 and a MacBook Air 2012. On my k70 I had red Cherry MX switches . When I was in kindergarten I used Apple II keyboards. For mobile devices I used an Motorola droid and a Treo. Also a blackberry . EDIT: Sorry forgot to mention I touch type (I am touch typing on a IBM model M right now).
- outworlder 9y ago
  And now my heuristics got completely overwhelmed and I cannot fanthom why someone who types in an IBM Model M would like the Macbook Pro keyboard :) Although we have both used the apple bluetooth keyboard and Airs, so that may have contributed for the higher tolerance of the new Macbook Pro keyboard. Right now I'm typing using a Logitech K750 solar keyboard, which feels very similar to Apple's bluetooth keyboard (although I feel that the keys need slightly more pressure to activate). It is dead silent which is great to use around coworkers. At home I want to get a Kinesis Freestyle Edge for the ergonomics, and I'm debating if Cherry MX Browns or Blues would be better.
  - zitterbewegung 9y ago
    Oh forgot to mention I have used all of the ergonomic keyboards by Microsoft.
nl 9y ago
I touch type, and I don't understand how important some people find keyboard switches. Yes, there are some keyboards I don't like. But they are pretty rare and almost everything else I'm fine on. I have a 2014 MPB I like, a MS Wireless Keyboard 700 I use as my daily keyboard, a Logitech K260, and various Dell, HP and Acer keyboards. All are fine for me.

brandonmenc 9y ago

> do you touch type? Whenever I profess my love for the new keyboard here, someone always asks me if I touch type. Yes. The new MBP keyboards actually kick ass for touch typing, and I'm just as shocked when someone doesn't think that, as you are (I'm guessing) when you find out that I touch type. I have used and loved Model M and Thinkpad keyboards, among others. Now I can't use anything else because the new MBP keyboards are so much better, in my opinion.

zitterbewegung 9y ago

At home at my Desktop I type in an IBM model M. I used to have a Corsair k70 which I played FPSes and Warframe. I have a Apple Bluetooth keyboard that is a chicklet. I also have a Chicklet keyboard on a Toshiba satellite . I also used the chicklet keyboards on a MacBook Pro 2011 and a MacBook Air 2012. On my k70 I had red Cherry MX switches . When I was in kindergarten I used Apple II keyboards. For mobile devices I used an Motorola droid and a Treo. Also a blackberry . EDIT: Sorry forgot to mention I touch type (I am touch typing on a IBM model M right now).

outworlder 9y ago
And now my heuristics got completely overwhelmed and I cannot fanthom why someone who types in an IBM Model M would like the Macbook Pro keyboard :) Although we have both used the apple bluetooth keyboard and Airs, so that may have contributed for the higher tolerance of the new Macbook Pro keyboard. Right now I'm typing using a Logitech K750 solar keyboard, which feels very similar to Apple's bluetooth keyboard (although I feel that the keys need slightly more pressure to activate). It is dead silent which is great to use around coworkers. At home I want to get a Kinesis Freestyle Edge for the ergonomics, and I'm debating if Cherry MX Browns or Blues would be better.
- zitterbewegung 9y ago
  Oh forgot to mention I have used all of the ergonomic keyboards by Microsoft.

nl 9y ago

I touch type, and I don't understand how important some people find keyboard switches. Yes, there are some keyboards I don't like. But they are pretty rare and almost everything else I'm fine on. I have a 2014 MPB I like, a MS Wireless Keyboard 700 I use as my daily keyboard, a Logitech K260, and various Dell, HP and Acer keyboards. All are fine for me.