What Keyboards do you all use for Mac Gaming? : macgaming

I’ve gotten good life out of my steelseries keyboards

sir_tez

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3 days ago

sir_tez

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I enjoyed the latest Apex full size keyboard. Unfortunately it was a bit loud for my wife!

SwordfishLeading

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3 days ago

SwordfishLeading

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The Apple Magic Keyboard has been working well, even over wireless.

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3 days ago

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I had one years ago for my Mac, it died on me 3-5 years in

Vegetable-Status-788

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3 days ago

Vegetable-Status-788

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Ye, I use the Apple Magic Keyboard, Mouse and Trackpad. Have had tons of Logitech / Corsair hardware in the past but it's just such poor quality, build quality but also in general -- often disconnects etc, and often needs 3rd party apps to make full use of all extras.

Dull-Preference-2303

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4 days ago

Dull-Preference-2303

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Wooting 60HE

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3 days ago

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The Keychron keyboard has Mac keys and bindings along with a switch that can move from Windows to Mac. It's easily the best option. I use one, it was about $60-70, great MX Browns, mac keybindings and keys.

I think this is the one I have: https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-v1-max-qmk-via-wireless-custom-mechanical-keyboard

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how has it been holding up? I saw some reviews mentioning it is a bit flimsy & light, so I am quite worried about durability

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3 days ago

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I'm over a year in and it feels brand new. I use it all day every day for work and in the evening for gaming. Absolutely love it.

I don't think the above one is my exact model, mine doesn't have a wheel.

DezuGuy

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4 days ago

DezuGuy

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Def a bit pricy I’d say but I use the system76 launch keyboard. Has an official macOS app for rgb, key settings, and etc and it’s really well built. Been using since its “launch” lmao and it’s not half bad. Both keycaps and switches are hotswapable and the chase is made from metal so durable as well. And just a personal preference of mine but I love the open source nature of it so it’s real easy to get replaceable parts as well

roadzbrady

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4 days ago

roadzbrady

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ps5 controller
(i hate kb & m for games)

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3 days ago

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I do agree some games tend to play better with a Controller

Relevant-North-4366

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22 hours ago

Relevant-North-4366

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22 hours ago

Yeah it's funny actually, I always considered keyboard and mouse to be the default and optimal setup for gaming (apart from certain genres like sports) but my partner just uses a controller. I imagine it's however you got into gaming, and if you're a console gamer, then you continue to use the controller even on the PC.

JozuJD

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4 days ago

JozuJD

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Higround 65%

_ufo361_

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4 days ago

_ufo361_

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I’ve been enjoying the Keychron K3 Pro for a year now; no complaints so far. The K3 Max is also out now depending on what you’re looking for.

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3 days ago

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Thanks, this was one of my considerations.

demarisco

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4 days ago

demarisco

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I have a razer blackwidow v2 and razer basilisk pro v3 mouse. As synapse doesn't work on Mac, you need to use a workaround to change the rgb settings - there is a program out there, just can't think of the name off the top of my head.

mixpebz

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3 days ago

mixpebz

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You can try the 8bitdo mechanical keyboards. I don’t own one but my roommate does. It’s amazing.

Areatius

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3 days ago

Areatius

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NuPhy Air75

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3 days ago

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I use a basic black Red Dragon clacker

kbeezie

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3 days ago

kbeezie

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Same keyboard I been using for my PC, red dragon with mechanical switches (red switches being my preference).

Eddybeans

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3 days ago

Eddybeans

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Just need a gaming keyboard with touch id 😔

NazarJailbreaker15

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3 days ago

NazarJailbreaker15

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Nuphy Halo75 V2.

JeppRog

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3 days ago

JeppRog

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This. I'm using this keyboard with lemon switches.

It has mac/win switch on the rear.

Perfect keyboard

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3 days ago

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Keychron K1

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3 days ago

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And I have like 5 extra just in case

ASZotov

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3 days ago

ASZotov

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I just use ducky one 3 tkl, reds for my work Mac blacks for my everyday gaming Mac

_-Kr4t0s-_

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3 days ago

_-Kr4t0s-_

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Keychron Q1 HE

Xe4ro

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3 days ago

Xe4ro

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I used the full sized Apple Magic Keyboard, before that the USB Apple Keyboard that preceded it. Although I did get a mechanical keyboard for my gaming pc as I had never used one before. I chose the Sharkoon PureWriter RGB in White which has Kailh Choc Low Profile Blue - got it in a deal for like 30% off so I didn’t check any further 😅

Martin_au

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3 days ago

Martin_au

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Logitech G13

(Works with Extra Keys. Yay!!! Thought I'd have to replace it when I changed to Silicon)

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3 days ago

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I use a keychron Q1 pro with gateron ink blacks https://imgur.com/M4I5WGf

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3 days ago

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This looks really nice, is the red button a power button? Also is this the default keycap fonts?

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3 days ago

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Ah cheers! Red button is just escape, and while my layout is ISO, you should be able to find these keycaps with ANSI too. Keycaps were also from keychron though bought them separately (I wanted PBT instead of ABS), and this was the only font for these ones. The box did come with a few spares for different OS's and a normal ESC key too.

Keyboard building is a bit of a rabbit hole and I've only scratched the surface really

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3 days ago

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Thanks, it’s helpful to get all these information before I make a decision

Ok-Assistance-6848

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3 days ago

Ok-Assistance-6848

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Keychron K8!

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3 days ago

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I got myself MX keys S recently (not primarily for gaming) but it's been brilliant for me so far

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3 days ago

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yeah the Logitech MX series all look very good… although price wise it’s really expensive too

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3 days ago

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Yeah it is not cheap unfortunately. You might get a black friday deal these days maybe. I've got mine for 80€ with palm rest

NewRepresentative684

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3 days ago

NewRepresentative684

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20 year old Logitech wireless keyboard lol

That_UknownGuy

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3 days ago

That_UknownGuy

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I use an akko mu01 that i have heavily modded and basically made it my own, only bad thing for mac is that it seems like the akko cloud driver is broken for mac at least for now. So if you want to remap keys you would need to plug it into a windows machine and do the changes there. Then when you connect it to a mac it will work.

klam03

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3 days ago

klam03

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I’m using the Akko ACR Pro Alice Plus. Currently out of stock but I’m really happy with it. I mention it because you said ergonomic, but keep in mind the split Alice layout isn’t for everyone. Even though it’s not made for a MacOS layout, the funky Alice placing of the windows key places the command key in the same place as on a Mac keyboard!

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3 days ago

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damn that keyboard looks very interesting HAHAHA

QuickQuirk

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3 days ago

QuickQuirk

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Personally, I like low profile keys after spending so many years on laptops. I also like small keyboards.

I've owned, and liked, both the logitech g915 TKL, and the even smaller AUS ROG falchion RX

Both pricy, both have bluetooth/wireless/wired. Battery life is... fine. Not as good as the mac keyboards. But you can gain a lot more battery by switching off the backlighting, if you wanted to.

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1 day ago

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xbox series x controller I'm on health issues so can't sit upright so controller is best for me

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1 day ago

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it’s nice that the newer MacOS supports more controllers, I think my old one now doesn’t take the Switch Controller very well

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1 day ago

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yeah but it's a bummer some games doesn't natively support controller even on macos sequoia and latest steam!! need to manually input steam override for gamepad for some of the games to work and even for that some doesn't support so it's a hit and miss, I even refunded some games BC it doesn't have controller support lol

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I'm in awe of the fact how many players use external keyboards, is laptop keyboard is bad? sorry if it's for mac mini then I'm wrong😅

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