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2 HN users recommended this between 2012 and 2024, in 2 comments.
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2 HN users recommended this between 2012 and 2024, in 2 comments.
Each tall tick is one HN user's first recommendation. A short tick is the same user again. Click a tick to jump to the comment.
I use an Apple Extended Keyboard: http://www.retrotechnology.com/herbs_stuff/m_kbdm3501.jpg
It requires a rather hefty ADB to USB adapter, which ran me about fifty bucks (http://www.amazon.com/Griffin-2001-ADB-iMate-Universal-adapt...) but to me, it was worth it.
Modern Apple keyboards look beautiful sitting in a pristine environment, but the lack of key travel, too-flat form factor, and decent spacing makes typing unpleasant.
My old Extended Keyboard takes up more space on my desk than my laptop does. It's noisy as hell. It's about as pretty as a Soviet gas station. And I can type all day long on it without my hands ever tiring.
I was going to recommend the Griffin iMate ADB-to-USB adapter, I have a couple, but apparently they’re hard to find now and expensive [1]?
I paid $35 for one brand new on Amazon just a couple years back.
I too used an old Apple keyboard when I first started using a Mac for work because the flat keyboard’s were nightmarish. I moved to a HHKB Lite 2 [2], and through several other keyboards before ultimate landing on a UNIX layout Sun Type 7 as my Mac keyboard of choice.
- [1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000067V8L/
- [2] https://donatstudios.com/UNIX-Keyboards