I have a Keychron and it’s fantastic. Lots of lighting options. I even got the wooden wrist rest to go with it. I use it wired most of the time.
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Logitech make good mice, but their keyboards are generally not that great from a build quality standpoint. I actually laughed out loud when he said the MX Mechanical Mini "just sounds great" and the video showed a clip where we hear the rattling of thin ABS keys and unlubed stabilisers in all their glory. Compared to the similarly priced Keychron Q2, that Logitech keyboard feels and sounds like a cheap toy. Unless you plan on using the keyboard on the go, there's really no point in getting something with a flimsy plastic case and bluetooth – just get something with a hefty aluminium case and a cable, plug it in and enjoy the deep thocking sound of something that has a bit more heft to it.
At home, fine. In an office...no wayI love the noisy keyboards, I'm still using an old USB MacAlley G3 tower translucent colored keyboard.
Disagree. I use an external mouse almost 100% of the time with my MBP. I have no use for tracpads and while the ThinkPad Eraser pointer was great at the time I would probably never use it today.
For someone using an external mouse, that would be an additional function and an added cost with no real benefit. Especially with a trackpad, which would take up desk space and make for some terrible ergonomics if it was right next to the keys. I used a Logitech keyboard that had a setup like that for controlling a media center PC way back, but I would never want something like that for a machine I do actual work on.
An integrated trackpoint would make more sense, and there are actually keyboards that have those. Lenovo makes a few different versions under the Thinkpad brand, and from what I've heard they're quite good – Thinkpads still have some of the best laptop keyboards, and this is basically a freestanding version of that. And there are also mechanical keyboards with integrated trackpoints from a company called Tex.
Well B&H did have it for $30 as an early Black Friday but it sold out
There's some other models for $80 though.
I'm not sure what your point is. Of course I understand why laptops have integrated input devices. I simply don't use them the vast majority of the time, I find them cumbersome to use. Nor would I ever use either in a desktop setting which is clearly what the thread topic is about... "Desktop Accessories".
I disagree with you on this point, not all keyboards should have integrated tracpads or pointers. Personal opinion, YMMV.
Just bought a Loupedeck Live for productivity, programming, non-video creativity, smart-home, and general desktop use and I am already hating it. Didn't do too much research and I mostly focused on the ergonomics and dimensions. Which btw is sorely missing from most online reviews; I guess 99.99% of people that use computers are supposed to be either "content creators" or FPS gamers that have monitors mounted on the wall or on monitor arms. Nevertheless, I didn't realise how much Loupedeck's DNA is in Windows/Microsoft. I mean Mono ? WTF. I should have instantly got it by the openai trial plugin or the *.windows.net hit on LittleSnitch the moment I ran the application, nevermind the forcing to sign up for their Marketplace. The UI is both ugly and laggy. And because I have a Mac, I am supposed to be in US, having fixed mm.dd.yy date formats because of Mono ?
The device sits happily under my 40" desktop monitor on the desk. Luckily, even with the provided angle stand, it stays shorter than my monitor's feet. The buttons and dials are ok, neither bad nor great. They just don't have enough weight and inertia for me. I hate the slide-touch-to-move-between-pages, I don't see myself using it as it always triggers a button. I thought I would like the angled USB cable but it doesn't work well the way I have positioned the device. It is removable though, which is a big plus and a reason I went for Loupedeck instead of other models (the other one being the fixed height of Elgato Stream Deck Plus).
The available profiles, plugins, etc on Loupedeck Marketplace is rather limited. Needless to say that non-creativity profiles (e.g. for Excel/Word/Powerpoint) are not available for Mac. You need to create your own, which would not be that bad if the UI was more intuitive and responsive.
The device sits happily under my 40" desktop monitor on the desk. Luckily, even with the provided angle stand, it stays shorter than my monitor's feet. The buttons and dials are ok, neither bad nor great. They just don't have enough weight and inertia for me. I hate the slide-touch-to-move-between-pages, I don't see myself using it as it always triggers a button. I thought I would like the angled USB cable but it doesn't work well the way I have positioned the device. It is removable though, which is a big plus and a reason I went for Loupedeck instead of other models (the other one being the fixed height of Elgato Stream Deck Plus).
The available profiles, plugins, etc on Loupedeck Marketplace is rather limited. Needless to say that non-creativity profiles (e.g. for Excel/Word/Powerpoint) are not available for Mac. You need to create your own, which would not be that bad if the UI was more intuitive and responsive.