Looking to get a new keyboard with Touch ID for my MacBook Pro, and currently have the smaller magic keyboard without, but I was thinking of picking up one with a numeric keypad this time, but I'm wondering if I'll get used to an off-center keyboard when typing. Anyone have any experience or preferences?
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Magic Keyboard with or without Numeric Keypad?
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I've been using the wide magic keyboard for several years... started with the old wired keyboard with the keypad, and just loved it... when Apple discontinued them, I wen't wireless... still no worries... I'm on a 27" iMac, so the TouchId is not a factor, but the keypad is valuable to me... no worries (for me) with the wider/off-center design.
IMO, it's more an aesthetic issue... sitting in front of my iMac, it looks a bit off-center, but it's my computer and it doesn't bother me. YMMV
Lately I've been using a compact keyboard so I don't have to stretch to reach my mouse on my right hand side, and keeping a bluetooth num pad nearby in case I need it.
This is the one I use: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/acc...osoft-number-pad?activetab=overview:primaryr2
This is the one I use: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/acc...osoft-number-pad?activetab=overview:primaryr2
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Even though I have small hands, I like the keyboard with the numeric keypad. The one without I keep stumbling over the keys with the keyboard without one. I'm not a hunt-and-peck typist, but I find the keyboard keys bunched up even though it is just psychological on my part.
I've been using mechanical keyboards for around a year now and I don't think I will go back to conventional keyboards. The keyboard on my M1 MacBook Air is fantastic for a laptop keyboard, but when I'm at my desk, I'm using a mechanical 75% keyboard with a small bluetooth num pad for when I need it (fortunately it's not really that often so it works for me).
Currently using a Keychron Q1 with Gateron Brown switches -- the Q1 isn't terribly wide at all, so there's no long reach to the mouse at my right.
For a time I thought about using a left-handed extended keyboard, but never found one I really liked.
Currently using a Keychron Q1 with Gateron Brown switches -- the Q1 isn't terribly wide at all, so there's no long reach to the mouse at my right.
For a time I thought about using a left-handed extended keyboard, but never found one I really liked.