I would recommend the Matias brand of keyboards. A little pricey but they use the same key mechanics as the Apple Pro Keyboard. Great click for keyboard pounders like me. -- Marcel R. Vachon ~~~ Please excuse the brevity of this email, sent from an iPhone. On May 24, 2014, at 3:00 PM, x4u-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com wrote: > Send X4U mailing list submissions to > x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > x4u-request at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > x4u-owner at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of X4U digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Alternative to Apple Keyboard? (catsoul) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 11:46:51 -0700 > From: catsoul <catsoul at thinkplan.org> > To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user." > <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com> > Subject: [X4U] Alternative to Apple Keyboard? > Message-ID: <E3A282F9-0133-4EEC-A2C7-8F491756BA42 at thinkplan.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Beautiful as it is, I'm sick of trying to type on the thin, aluminum keyboard with the short-travel keys. I find too often that they don't register and I find myself - for lack of a better term - whapping on the keys. > > I hear others do this, too on various macs and pcs all with the low-height keys. maybe it's a trade-off of functionality in exchange for the sleek look of thin computers. > > Anyhoo, I'd like to gather recommendations for other keyboards out there, 3rd-party models that offer typing function as their #1 feature. I had a mac ally ice keyboard once that wasn't too bad..any others people like? > > Thank you! > > cat > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > X4U mailing list > X4U at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/x4u > > End of X4U Digest, Vol 114, Issue 3 > ***********************************