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by wodenokoto 948 days ago
OT: What’s a great keyboard for people who don’t like mechanical keyboards?

I took the plunge when I switched to a job where we worked on windows instead of macOS and got a keyChron as my daily driver instead of a Magic Keyboard.

I had good memories of clicking away on an old IBM as a kid in the 90s so I thought I’d enjoy a “real” keyboard.

I don’t dislike my low profile keyChron. But even after a year and a half it still feels tall and I mistype a lot. I don’t think a Mac keyboard works well on windows so I also don’t want to connect my Magic Keyboard to my work PC.

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    But even after a year and a half it 
    still feels tall and I mistype a lot.
I had a Keychron K3 and I found the default keycaps to have a weird shape ("profile" in keyboard lingo)

This was resolved by getting a new set of keycaps: https://www.keychron.com/collections/keychron-low-profile-ke...

...at which point I found it to be an excellent typing experience! However...

    feels tall
There are low profile models from Logitech and others but I don't know that their height would be different enough to matter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6WZNKzHzXc

Maybe the Corsair A100? That looks like it uses unique laptop-style switches.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-kC_tnXGj4

Logitech makes excellent, "mac style" keyboards for Windows. Checkout Logitech MX Keys. It should fit your needs if you liked Apple Magic Keyboard
Which caps did you go with?
I can recommend NIZ keyboards if you are looking for something totally different. The switches are electro capacitive dome not mechanical. Very light and effortless to type and very quiet as well with a hint of tactileness. They are expensive and need to be imported, but the feel is amazing. Good luck on your journey.

https://www.nizkeyboard.com/collections/all

Not sure which keycron keyboard you got, and how low pro low profile it actually is. The NuPhy Air v2 gives me the low profile feel that I like. Tented split keyboards for me also help avoid the issue of a keyboard raising from front to back although certainly the feel is still not low profile.