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Title: Howdy, Keyboard Aficianados
Post by: rambam on Sat, 25 October 2014, 12:28:31

Hi there,
I've been lurking a while, trying to get as much info as possible.  Thanks for the great resource.  I've had been using Thinkpads since the 90's but switched last year to a Macbook, and just recently realized that the Mac's keyboard is making my fingers hurt. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!
rambam

Title: Re: Howdy, Keyboard Aficianados
Post by: rambam on Sat, 25 October 2014, 12:33:08

sorry for the multi post, I got a gateway error and thought it didn't go through  :eek:

Title: Re: Howdy, Keyboard Aficianados
Post by: JDorfler on Sat, 25 October 2014, 18:31:16

If you don't mind me asking, what about the Mac keyboards aren't good?  I'm just curious.  Never owned a Mac and I'd probably just waist my money by wiping the HDD and installing Linux.

Title: Re: Howdy, Keyboard Aficianados
Post by: Findecanor on Sat, 25 October 2014, 18:38:16

The recent MacBooks have very short key travel, even shorter than the low-profile desktop keyboards. Is that it?

Title: Re: Howdy, Keyboard Aficianados
Post by: rambam on Sat, 25 October 2014, 20:40:30

yup, low key travel. you have to completely change the way you type to make it more comfortable (and sacrifice speed)

Title: Re: Howdy, Keyboard Aficianados
Post by: infiniti on Sun, 26 October 2014, 09:20:44

Quote from: rambam on Sat, 25 October 2014, 12:33:08

sorry for the multi post, I got a gateway error and thought it didn't go through  :eek:

Don't worry about it...I've cleaned that up.  It's a known issue (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=63187.0) and the admins are working on it.

Anyway...welcome to GeekHack! :cool:

You've come to the right place to gather keyboard intel!

In as much as I miss my MacBook Pro...I don't miss the pains my fingers would get from typing on it. :'(  I always used a QFR with it while at my desk.  Sadly I no longer had the laptop when my 60% was completed...I imagine that would have been awesome though.

Title: Re: Howdy, Keyboard Aficianados
Post by: notsonerd on Sun, 26 October 2014, 21:37:46

I imagine most modern laptop keyboards have very short key travel; it's necessary to make them as thin as possible these days.

Have you ever typed on an HP laptop before? I did for over two years and, not only is the travel very short, but the amount of force required to actuate each key is ridiculously light. It's almost like typing on a keyboard hologram--virtually no tactile feedback whatsoever sans bottoming-out. Because of it, I can't really type on heavy switches. Hell, even Browns feel heavy for me.

Anyway, welcome to GeekHack.

Title: Re: Howdy, Keyboard Aficianados
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 06 November 2014, 02:54:28

Welcome to Geekhack!

I thought I quite liked the Apple aluminium keyboard ... until I tried a modern mechanical board!