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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: bluejeans on Sat, 04 February 2017, 12:48:42
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I plan on getting one very, very cheap because the numpad 6 key is broken. I'll probably not use it much as I don't game a whole lot, have been reared on ergonomic keyboards for the last 20 years, and not even sure if I'll like the switch - just like the idea of it actuating harder than it bottoms out, and how it apparently makes a cherry green feel linear in comparison.
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Is your question "Does the Matias Tactile Pro for Mac work with a PC?"
Yes it does. There should be a way to swap the order of the Option and Command keys so that they work as Windows and Alt keys. Well, they already do but the order is different: Command works as Windows and Option as Alt.
For the latest revision, the product page states:
Support for PC users.
The Tactile Pro is a Mac keyboard, but that doesn't mean you can't plug it into a PC and use it — you can. We even offer a downloadable driver to change the Command and Option keys into Alt and Windows keys.
The faulty #6 switch could probably be repaired. The feel is quite different from Cherry MX Blues though - the tactile point is higher up in the stroke and total key travel is a little bit less.
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Is your question "Does the Matias Tactile Pro for Mac work with a PC?"
Yes it does. There should be a way to swap the order of the Option and Command keys so that they work as Windows and Alt keys. Well, they already do but the order is different: Command works as Windows and Option as Alt.
For the latest revision, the product page states:
Support for PC users.
The Tactile Pro is a Mac keyboard, but that doesn't mean you can't plug it into a PC and use it — you can. We even offer a downloadable driver to change the Command and Option keys into Alt and Windows keys.
The faulty #6 switch could probably be repaired. The feel is quite different from Cherry MX Blues though - the tactile point is higher up in the stroke and total key travel is a little bit less.
I'm not worried about that, just want to make sure that it has the exact same matias switches that actuate at 60g and bottom out at 30.
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All of the Matias keyboards use the same switches regardless of it being for Mac or PC.
The black ones are usually "quiet" and come with their dampened tactile "Quiet Click" switches and the white ones come with their clicky "Matias Click switches.