It's also around 40 or 50 bucks on Newegg, or Amazon. I really lament the fact that there isn't a better split keyboard built for the Mac, but the Microsoft one is good, and the Media keys work well once you've installed the software.

For example, since the Windows key and Alt key are swapped in software, when you're booting the machine, they aren't yet swapped if you need to do some sort of boot command using the option key. The software is also quite good, and will get out of your way once you've got it installed and configured. I found that with Intellitype installed, the Microsoft keyboard works really well. There were a few keyboards that were labeled with Mac keys that were split, but were all pretty expensive and lacked a lot of the media keys I've grown accustomed to. Even the expensive Apple keyboards and the Logitech Gseries boards are NO match at all. Once you go mechanical you never go back - after typing on this Filco every other keyboard (except for the Realforces, those are AMAZING) just can't hang.

It's called the Matias Tactile Pro and from what I understand it's a pretty amazing keyboard ( ) There's also a great mech keyboard designed for Macs, if you like the classic Mac keyboard look. You can get them on Amazon for $139 ( ) just make sure you're purchasing the ones that are Prime eligible since those are the only ones from the legitimate dealer (Keyboard Co). This is one of my personal FAVORITE keyboards, the Realforce 86u ( ) and then there's the Happy Hacking Professional 2 ( ) that's also fantastic to type on (and very light).Ī good friend of mine who codes often says his favorite keyboard, out of all the keyboards he has used, is a Filco with Cherry MX Brown switches. If you want ergonomics but don't want to spend so much, pretty much ANY mechanical keyboard will do you well. Not too sure about the windows - mac keys though. From my experience reading posts on (fantastic website for any and all things remotely related to keyboards) the best ergonomic keyboards are the kinesis advantage pro ( ).

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