Defying Apple’s Product Designers: Replacing My Magic Keyboard with a Mechanical One
Well, it’s not about you or me. The keyboards have to fold away (for obvious reasons) and include as few moving parts as possible (to reduce cost).
The result? As the years go by, Apple and its peers are training us to type on sheets of ever more lifeless plastic.
Why would anyone care? Well, for example, modern keyboards provide less feedback, so your brain takes longer to detect when a key is pressed. It often uses more force than is necessary.
Over a period of time, this can put extra strain on your wrist and hand. There are several conditions such as tendinitis and carpal tunnel syndrome that might be worsened. Have a look at this article from the Cleveland Clinic.
I had been keen on Apple’s Magic Keyboards, both for the Mac and the iPad. The iPad Magic Keyboard was not perfect, but I was delighted that the iPad finally had a good keyboard designed by Apple specifically for it.
In trying out mechanical keyboards with my iPad, however, I realised something had been lost. I decided to switch.
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