- Why aren't [low profile key caps] the default though? I can't say. I came to mechanical keyboards to get away from the crappy Apple laptop keyboards, so woul

- Why aren't [low profile key caps] the default though? I can't say. I came to mechanical keyboards to get away from the crappy Apple laptop keyboards, so would never occur to me to use key caps like that. - You'd have to find specific switches and keys (which will probably be more difficult to find and more expensive) Have to? Or get to? Sourcing parts for your dream keyboard can be fun. At least as fun as any other hobby. At the end of the day, if you like the keyboard you're using, you're doing it right. The one thing I will say, is that my fingers probably touch my keyboard more than any other item in my house. I'm a developer and I might spend hours straight at the computer. When you consider that, the $150 I spent on my keyboard or the $99 I spent on my trackball don't seem like so much money.