I’ve been using it for over a week now, and I’m happy to report that it’s the best feeling keyboard I’ve ever used, so I highly recommend it. So wasn’t I pleasantly surprised to learn that Apple’s standard wired keyboard is only $50, when anything comparable from Logitech, Microsoft or SteelSeries was double the price and double the ugly. Wireless tech is cool and all, but until it’s been better refined I’ll stick to untangling my rat’s nest of cables once a year, thanks. And forget this wireless nonsense of pairing devices and changing batteries all the time. I feel like I’m wasting so much energy when I’m pushing an old clunky mechanical key down into the Earth’s mantle just to get one lousy letter out of it. I’m all about efficiency, so I’ve come to love laptop-style chiclet keys than only need to be depressed a few millimeters. No crazy rainbow LED backlighting, no built-in LCD that tells you the weather and suggests going outside for some exercise, no customizable command macros, just a simple keyboard I can write code and game with.

Sorted by importance, they go a little like this: My requirements in a keyboard are simple enough, really.

But when I started looking for a nice keyboard to go with my new desktop build, I quickly realized that my desires aligned quite nicely with those of our late pomaceous demigod, The Almighty Steve. Now personally, I’m not exactly a big Apple fan, especially since some of their hardware tends to be a little overpriced.

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