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I've basically given up on finding a mechanical keyboard since only Matias actually makes any with a Mac keyboard layout and finding a good/available 100% PCB s
by Hamuko 6y ago
I've basically given up on finding a mechanical keyboard since only Matias actually makes any with a Mac keyboard layout and finding a good/available 100% PCB seems nigh-on impossible.
- uberduper 6y agoKeychron, gmmk, drop, ducky.. filco? These are all boards you can add to cart right now.
- randmeerkat 6y ago“Designed for Mac Unlike other keyboards on the market claiming to be Mac-friendly, Das Keyboard Professional for Mac is specifically designed for maximum compatibility. Give your Mac some love with the best mechanical keyboard on the planet.” https://www.daskeyboard.com/model-s-professional-for-mac/ https://www.daskeyboard.com/model-s-professional-for-mac/
- Hamuko 6y ago>Designed for Mac This means "we changed the keycaps and remapped two keys" in the mechanical keyboard world. Trust me, this isn't my first time looking through these. There's nothing "designed for Mac" about that. Just look at the non-Mac Model S Professional. They look literally the same except for the keycaps.
- YetAnotherNick 6y agoWhat's the problem with that? Assuming it works as intended.
- Hamuko 6y agoAllow this 60-second video to express my feelings about these "Mac" keyboards: https://youtu.be/7haqnQvrYfI https://youtu.be/7haqnQvrYfI
- jagger27 6y agoJust get replacement keycaps with Mac legends and remap with software or firmware. That’s what I do with my keyboards.
- Hamuko 6y agoBut I want one with a Mac keyboard layout, not just keycaps.
- jagger27 6y agoAny keyboard with QMK can be remapped to a Mac layout. Also Macs have supported positional key remapping since forever.
- Hamuko 6y agoThey can't. There's literally a different layout of keys. Unless your remapping actually moves, removes and adds physical keys, they can't.
- uberduper 6y agoWhich keys are you referring to?
- Hamuko 6y agoCmd, Alt, Fn, F13~F19 are usually the problem areas, with Fn being located in a completely different wrong part of the keyboard, messing up the modifier key row.
- jagger27 6y agoI’m telling you this as a person with half a dozen Mac-layout custom mechanical keyboards on my desk and shelves: they can and I wouldn’t have it any other way. Command belongs next to Space, I agree. Edit: I see. You want four modifiers on the left. That’s pretty uncommon. I remap Caps Lock to Control so I leave Fn in the bottom left.
- bjoli 6y agoMatias makes probably the nicest feeling switches of any modern company, though. They seems to have some QA problems though.
- Hamuko 6y agoMaybe one day I'll break down and just order the Tactile Pro. I've literally never been able to find another mechanical keyboard with an actual honest Mac layout.
- bjoli 6y agoIs it the Mac keys you want? I just replaced my manually silenced cherry MX brown keyboard with a rubber some from BTC. They are probably the snappiest rubber domes you can find, and they are MX mount so you can order a Mac keycap set. Total cost for that is bound to be something like 50 bucks, mostly keycaps. A BTC 5100-series board is easy to find for under 20 bucks.
- Hamuko 6y ago>Is it the Mac keys you want? No. I don't really understand that whenever I bring up a "Mac layout mechanical keyboard", everyone starts talking about keycaps.
- bjoli 6y agoBecause apart from the keycaps, everything is configurable in the OS and isn't a feature of whatever keyboard you are using? Or is there a requirement I am not aware of?
- Hamuko 6y agoI implore you to Google what the full-size Apple keyboard looks like and then look at what your average mechanical keyboard looks like. If nothing else helps, count the keys.
- hellweaver666 6y agoYou should take a look at Keychron, they make a wide variety of "Mac first" designed mechanical keyboards.
- bengale 6y agoI use a keychron on my Mac, its been working great for me.