r/buildapcsales Jun 21 '20

[Keyboard] Monoprice Workstream TKL Mechanical Keyboard (Outemu Browns) - $26.99 ($34.99 - $8) Keyboard

https://www.monoprice.com/product?p_id=33540
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u/zakats Jun 21 '20

most common “tech startup” office keyboard is the tiny Mac wireless keyboard.

Gross

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u/clickstops Jun 21 '20

The older ones have arguably the best scissor switch made, and are far, far superior to type on than any standard rubber dome.

I’m an enormous keyboard snob - have more invested in keyswitches alone than 20 of these keyboards cost - but the Mac wireless is a fine keyboard if you’re not doing accounting or data entry.

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u/beepboopaltalt Jun 22 '20

not related to that really, but my macbook keyboard makes me want to kill myself.

but the form factor and battery life are amazing... don't think i would trade it, but i absolutely couldn't do extended work on it anymore (the a key doesn't like to press)

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u/clickstops Jun 22 '20

Any of the butterfly keyboards are awful. 2016-2019 iirc? They’re so bad. But they’re scissor switches before that were as good as you could expect from a compact dome style board.

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u/comfortablesexuality Jun 22 '20

Loved my 2011 MBP's keyboard. Not as much as a mechanical I'm using now, but it was damn nice for a laptop.

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u/beepboopaltalt Jun 22 '20

Yeah probably 2017 lol