So, does anybody make a decent Mac keyboard anymore?<\/p>\n
I haven\u2019t liked any Apple-branded keyboard since the venerable Apple Extended Keyboard II. (Yes, I actually still have one, but it lacks modern keys for things like iTunes control and CD eject. That, and I\u2019ve found ADB to USB drivers to be a bit flaky in the past, though that was under OS 9.) <\/p>\n
For a long time I used a (now-obsolete) Logitech Elite keyboard. The feel is OK (not great, but OK), the number of extra buttons is about right, and the zero-tilt hand positioning is good. The only problem these days is that the driver software\u2014termed \u201cLogitech Control Center,\u201d or LCC\u2014is simply awful from a compatibility standpoint. If they fixed the software I\u2019d just keep using this. Failing this, right now I\u2019m using a Logitech S530 which is natively a Mac keyboard so can be run without LCC. It qualifies as \u201cbarely passable.\u201d Am I stuck with this or is there really something better out there?<\/p>\n
So what\u2019s the alternative? I won\u2019t go with anything from Matias, since years ago I tried their \u201cTactile Pro\u201d keyboard (same switches as the old Apple Extended II) but several of the keys failed, and they never answered any of my calls or emails about it. Even if that was a one-in-a-million lemon, I won\u2019t buy things from a company with customer service which is that<\/strong> bad.<\/p>\n So what\u2019s the answer? A Kensington keyboard? The reviews on Amazon of their driver software are also less than stellar. God forbid, a Microsoft keyboard? That\u2019s a scary thought, but maybe that\u2019s the answer.<\/p>\n I\u2019m open to suggestions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So, does anybody make a decent Mac keyboard anymore? I haven\u2019t liked any Apple-branded keyboard since the venerable Apple Extended Keyboard II. (Yes, I actually still have one, but it lacks modern keys for things like iTunes control and CD eject. That, and I\u2019ve found ADB to USB drivers to be a bit flaky in … Continue reading Decent Mac Keyboard<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/byrneweb.com\/sunburn\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}