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No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: September 18, 2023 03:02PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: AllGold
Date: September 18, 2023 03:05PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: September 18, 2023 03:14PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: TheTominator
Date: September 18, 2023 03:16PM
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ka jowct
I like a lot about it, but it still has the Fn key at the bottom left and the arrow keys are tiny little nubs.
Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: clay
Date: September 18, 2023 03:17PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: TheTominator
Date: September 18, 2023 03:28PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: mattkime
Date: September 18, 2023 03:33PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: Robert M
Date: September 18, 2023 03:49PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: jdc
Date: September 18, 2023 03:52PM
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clay
I hear you.
I just want a re-issue of the Apple Aluminum USB full size keyboard. Was the perfect keyboard for my needs for 10+ years. Absolutely nothing needs to change about it. Just need to have it be available new from Apple again.
Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: MikeF
Date: September 18, 2023 03:54PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: September 18, 2023 04:20PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: iaJim
Date: September 18, 2023 04:33PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: Robert M
Date: September 18, 2023 04:39PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: September 18, 2023 04:47PM
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iaJim
Does the old Apple Keyboard A1048 come close to meeting your needs? That's what I use. It's not backlit, but.....
Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: gabester
Date: September 18, 2023 05:08PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: Gareth
Date: September 18, 2023 06:10PM
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ka jowct
I'm using a backlit Matias right now. It has the control key where I like it, and normal-size arrow keys, but it has the numeric keypad portion which eats up too much work space and the keyboard itself has serious quality control issues: keys repeat randomly, etc.
Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: September 18, 2023 06:27PM
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Gareth
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ka jowct
I'm using a backlit Matias right now. It has the control key where I like it, and normal-size arrow keys, but it has the numeric keypad portion which eats up too much work space and the keyboard itself has serious quality control issues: keys repeat randomly, etc.
Matias also has "compact" keyboards that look like they'd fit your requirements:
Mini Tactile Pro (Mac keycaps) [matias.ca]
Mini Quiet Pro (Windows keycaps) [matias.ca].
But I hear you on the repeating keys... I've got multiple Matias keyboards that do that (and no amount of software adjustment for key repeat will fix it). At least the one I'm currently using, it's the ; key, so not used super often. I thought, hmm... Matias also sells key switches, maybe if I swap out the key switch, that'll fix it. Well, it "did" but I also broke the keyboard. Turns out the key switches on the pre-built keyboards (at least mine) are soldered in, so after I totally destroyed the switch pulling it out, I had no real way to re-install a new switch, but I managed to push it in enough for touch contact with the old leads, and it works correctly now, but it'll probably pull out if I ever try removing the key cap again.
Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: N-OS X-tasy!
Date: September 18, 2023 07:05PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: Buzz
Date: September 18, 2023 08:11PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: gadje
Date: September 18, 2023 09:43PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: September 19, 2023 08:55AM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: Robert M
Date: September 19, 2023 09:13AM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: September 19, 2023 09:19AM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: Gareth
Date: September 19, 2023 10:56AM
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Robert M
FWIW, I've used various versions of the Matias Tactile Pro keyboard and never had a key repeat issue. Maybe it only affects other models from them and even then, just a limited number of them?
Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: September 19, 2023 12:10PM
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Gareth
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Robert M
FWIW, I've used various versions of the Matias Tactile Pro keyboard and never had a key repeat issue. Maybe it only affects other models from them and even then, just a limited number of them?
All of my key repeating Matias keyboards are Quiet Pro's, so it seems they at least have issues with both scissor-switch and mechanical-switch keyboards...
Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: gadje
Date: September 19, 2023 04:23PM
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Re: No one makes the keyboard I want
Posted by: ka jowct
Date: September 20, 2023 09:21AM
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TheTominator
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ka jowct
I like a lot about it, but it still has the Fn key at the bottom left and the arrow keys are tiny little nubs.
I may be the only one, but "Fn key" always comes across as abbreviated profanity to me.
As in...
The Fn key is in the wrong place. I'm always hitting the Fn key by mistake!