WEBVTT 00:00:00.780 --> 00:00:03.780 foreign 00:00:04.140 --> 00:00:11.040 if you buy a Mac Studio or a Mac Mini 00:00:07.319 --> 00:00:14.880 you get nothing no display no Magic 00:00:11.040 --> 00:00:19.140 Mouse and no keyboard as Steve Jobs put 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:21.000 it it's byodkm on one hand it's a little 00:00:19.140 --> 00:00:26.939 Annoying that your brand new computer isn't usable out of the box in the other 00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:32.040 you a Mac User can now Venture beyond the magic keyboard and choose or make 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:35.600 something much much better what a dream 00:00:33.899 --> 00:00:41.879 this should be easy meet Nicholas plutfe he's a writer from 00:00:38.820 --> 00:00:44.399 the orange Channel who loves keyboards I 00:00:41.879 --> 00:00:49.200 like how expressive they can be and how customizable they are he loves keyboards 00:00:46.800 --> 00:00:53.100 so much he's the go-to guy for ShortCircuit videos on the subject he loves 00:00:51.180 --> 00:00:57.899 keyboards so much he set up a workstation in his home devoted entirely 00:00:55.559 --> 00:01:01.739 to the making and modifying of them oh here it is it's one of those things 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:05.159 where you see a picture of something on someone's desk and you're like wow that 00:01:03.059 --> 00:01:08.700 looks really cool once you experience it and you feel the jump in quality that 00:01:07.260 --> 00:01:13.020 comes with a much nicer custom mechanical keyboard it's just like a 00:01:10.860 --> 00:01:17.700 rabbit hole he loves keyboards so much that's what he streams about God 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:22.259 watching that sounds like something second only to paint drying this is why 00:01:20.520 --> 00:01:27.979 he's going to be helping me out in this journey to find the perfect keyboard 00:01:23.759 --> 00:01:31.619 because there are a lot 00:01:27.979 --> 00:01:33.479 hey you're the keyboard guy sure and 00:01:31.619 --> 00:01:39.180 there are a couple of new Macs that don't come with keyboards that's crazy 00:01:35.960 --> 00:01:40.860 so I'm wondering if you can help show me 00:01:39.180 --> 00:01:45.000 the world of mechanical keyboards what do you need on your keyboard I want it 00:01:42.420 --> 00:01:49.439 to sound exactly like the keyboard from The Sims one 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:55.140 that's like really mechanical and funky and it sounds like buckling spring like 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:59.759 a model M or something like that I don't know if that's possible okay so where do 00:01:57.540 --> 00:02:03.299 we how do we start keyboard from The Sims sounds like an 00:02:01.860 --> 00:02:07.439 Abomination what do you mean it doesn't sound like an Abomination yeah it does 00:02:04.979 --> 00:02:10.619 it sounds amazing no I hate it but the game was so good yeah the game was good 00:02:09.239 --> 00:02:16.080 that doesn't mean the keyboard sound is good oh so like these things no 00:02:13.500 --> 00:02:20.280 don't use those are there more yes even Mac users are spoiled for Choice wait 00:02:18.360 --> 00:02:23.640 what are you doing I'm not done yet there's a lot to consider if you're 00:02:21.720 --> 00:02:27.180 looking to get into keyboards the feel of a mechanical keyboard is largely 00:02:25.200 --> 00:02:29.640 driven by the switch you choose these are Browns you don't want these what 00:02:28.379 --> 00:02:34.020 kind of switches do you like The Sim switches We're not gonna find those I 00:02:32.099 --> 00:02:38.220 don't like that Vulcan I don't like it no there's also a layout what about this 00:02:35.879 --> 00:02:43.620 layout where they're all aligned that's Ortho linear like Teeth the numb pads on 00:02:41.760 --> 00:02:47.400 the left side yeah why are there two space bars because if you want two space 00:02:45.480 --> 00:02:49.920 bars why not it's just not Mac layout but that's kind of nifty looking and 00:02:48.900 --> 00:02:56.400 then there's the endless variety of qualities like case material and color where's the white keyboards this should 00:02:53.340 --> 00:02:58.560 be good right no this is full mechanical 00:02:56.400 --> 00:03:02.819 those feel like rubber Dome the type of plate you want to use how it's mounted I 00:03:00.540 --> 00:03:07.319 may put that on the bottom and even wait that's heavy these are all things that 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:11.580 help contribute to how the keyboard feels under your fingers that's it one 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:16.379 of these drop boards a drop board where's the new fee we use a mountain a 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:20.099 mountain yeah this is a mountain there you go and then we'll do a tea kale 00:03:18.120 --> 00:03:23.580 because maybe you like the tea kale I picked the blues for you kale Blues 00:03:21.900 --> 00:03:27.360 because I like the clicky stuff is that gonna sound like The Sims no what's in 00:03:25.560 --> 00:03:30.900 that suitcase oh you want this so you want the Cyber board okay don't drop 00:03:28.980 --> 00:03:38.159 this it's expensive yeah you're good yeah cool where are we going oh my God 00:03:34.620 --> 00:03:39.840 ah why is this lit up 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:43.220 now before Nicholas and I take a look through all of these let me tell you 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:48.180 about this video's sponsor War Thunder yes that's right War Thunder is a video 00:03:46.140 --> 00:03:52.739 game that has been offering solid gaming performance and graphical quality on Mac 00:03:50.099 --> 00:03:57.720 OS since 2013. use your new mechanical keyboard to battle it out on over 100 00:03:54.780 --> 00:04:02.340 major battlefields with more than 2 000 historically accurate aircraft ships and 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:05.700 tanks all from the 20th century head to the link in the description below to 00:04:03.720 --> 00:04:11.340 start playing War Thunder for free today and you get a free premium vehicle just 00:04:08.580 --> 00:04:16.500 for signing up this is the group of keyboards ploof has piled on me to take 00:04:13.620 --> 00:04:20.760 to the lab it's a diverse lot and as interesting as they look I want to start 00:04:18.299 --> 00:04:25.199 off by getting his thoughts on Apple's option to give ourselves something to 00:04:22.860 --> 00:04:32.580 compare to let's start oh with the magic keyboard I think it's 200 what 200 did 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:38.460 you watch that episode of ncax oh yeah the double hacking yeah that's not 00:04:35.340 --> 00:04:40.860 because Chiclet style I hate the 00:04:38.460 --> 00:04:45.780 fingerprint reader stuff it's great the clickiness of it for what it is is 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:50.160 actually pretty decent I think it's perfectly fine being the 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:54.600 keyboard person and considering all the keyboard options there are yes would you 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:58.979 suggest to a Mac User to skip this and go elsewhere the only reason I would 00:04:56.520 --> 00:05:02.580 ever tell them to get this is if they want like the ultimate importability 00:05:01.080 --> 00:05:08.220 take this out of here I don't want it out of my sight I don't want to look at it you're like so like nice about it and 00:05:06.300 --> 00:05:12.600 now it's fine I'm just being elitist this is the grand irony is that the PC 00:05:10.500 --> 00:05:16.620 people particularly in keyboard circles yeah are elitist 00:05:14.400 --> 00:05:19.500 so what I think most normal people are going to do is they're going to go 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:23.580 straight to their Logitech store and they're going to get one of these yeah I 00:05:21.900 --> 00:05:27.360 don't like Logitech keyboards for the most part which is crazy because I love 00:05:25.500 --> 00:05:32.820 Logitech mice and I love Logitech headsets as well this is literally the 00:05:29.639 --> 00:05:35.160 MX for Mac Wow crazy I should note that 00:05:32.820 --> 00:05:39.780 they just expanded the lineup of Mac specific keyboards in mice and it comes 00:05:38.039 --> 00:05:43.979 in a nice silver to go with your it's not space gray I like the silver I like 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:49.320 the silver and the like off-white I don't like the typing experience though 00:05:45.419 --> 00:05:51.660 no not at all it feels gross it feels 00:05:49.320 --> 00:05:56.039 great what okay what about the compared to the magic keyboard I take the magic 00:05:53.280 --> 00:06:00.120 keyboard over this really yeah thanks for those options Jonathan but I want to 00:05:58.740 --> 00:06:05.220 show you what a really nice keyboard looks sounds and feels like so how much 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:08.880 is that one this one's about five or six hundred dollars and this one's also 00:06:07.020 --> 00:06:12.120 about five or six hundred dollars for this you're really paying a lot for the 00:06:10.380 --> 00:06:17.820 screen here and this one is kind of just pure quality this is I know I love it 00:06:15.000 --> 00:06:23.160 that's my favorite right now it's eight pounds 8.2 yeah this is a similar like 00:06:20.759 --> 00:06:27.000 what are these Ivory no those are ceramic those you buy separately you buy 00:06:25.080 --> 00:06:31.860 the keycaps separately I've ruined it with my driving hands 00:06:29.940 --> 00:06:35.580 pretty nice keyboard still it doesn't sound like The Sims though no no no no 00:06:33.479 --> 00:06:38.940 this is a linear keyboard like this is also linear so these are all linear so 00:06:37.440 --> 00:06:43.199 these are probably all linear yeah so what is linear linear is a type of key 00:06:41.460 --> 00:06:47.100 switch there are three types linear tactile and clicky if you're looking at 00:06:44.940 --> 00:06:50.940 Cherry switches the linears are going to be red the Browns are going to be 00:06:48.660 --> 00:06:54.840 tactile and the blues are going to be clicky and this kind of works for other 00:06:52.979 --> 00:06:58.020 brands as well the linear ones you can press down on the key and it moves 00:06:56.340 --> 00:07:01.259 smoothly to the end they're also good for typing I like typing on linear 00:06:59.520 --> 00:07:03.840 sometimes it's good for people who don't want anything getting in the way of 00:07:02.520 --> 00:07:07.860 their kills I guess what could be getting in the way of their kills feel 00:07:05.699 --> 00:07:12.120 there's no bump to worry about with a tactile switch there's a detent that you 00:07:10.319 --> 00:07:15.360 can feel as you type so what does this mean for my Sims keyboard like the 00:07:14.460 --> 00:07:21.479 closest thing we're going to get is either a clicky or a very heavy tactile is my guess the other ones are probably 00:07:19.139 --> 00:07:26.940 going to play better with your Mac because they're like specifically made 00:07:23.940 --> 00:07:28.800 to work with Apple products so do you 00:07:26.940 --> 00:07:33.599 think I should just make my own keyboard well let me tell you these days it's 00:07:32.160 --> 00:07:37.500 only intimidating because a lot of people fear taking apart or putting 00:07:35.460 --> 00:07:40.259 together small electronics but since you're putting it together yourself 00:07:38.520 --> 00:07:43.800 you'll know all the ins and outs of how it works and what's inside of it it's 00:07:42.240 --> 00:07:47.400 just a few extra screws and maybe a ribbon cable or two unless you want to 00:07:45.479 --> 00:07:50.340 go to the trouble of lubing switches it should only take an hour or two to put 00:07:48.960 --> 00:07:54.479 together your own mechanical keyboard easy peasy this one has Blue switches so 00:07:53.340 --> 00:07:58.440 you might actually like it because it's got clickies oh this is a Mac layout 00:07:56.880 --> 00:08:01.620 that's great and they probably have a little switch on the side somewhere that 00:08:00.000 --> 00:08:06.720 lets you like turn it from Windows to Mac yeah there you go so I mean you know 00:08:04.020 --> 00:08:11.639 you have options whoa what's with all the colors you get that sweet sweet RGB 00:08:08.819 --> 00:08:15.120 oh my goodness can I change the color if it's not a function then you can find 00:08:13.740 --> 00:08:19.440 software that'll let you change the color is this linear this is tactile but 00:08:18.180 --> 00:08:22.620 it's brown they're annoying because the bump is incredibly minor it feels like 00:08:21.180 --> 00:08:26.460 it's it feels like it's broken it's linear no no it's not broken it's just a 00:08:24.539 --> 00:08:30.560 cherry Brown I think I can safely say that I do not like brown switches 00:08:30.780 --> 00:08:38.520 this is probably closest to your magic keyboard yeah but it like has a cookie switch 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:40.800 it's not the Sims one the new fee one of 00:08:38.520 --> 00:08:43.500 my favorites the backlight on this just lights around the keys it doesn't 00:08:42.060 --> 00:08:47.580 actually tell me where the keys are yeah so these are not double shot so you 00:08:45.899 --> 00:08:51.240 can't see through them but it is nice to see this Mac layer and the colors are 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:55.860 fun a bit Google though here's the thing okay Apple users have a 00:08:54.360 --> 00:09:01.440 bit of history of good keyboards there's one keyboard I want to show you there's actually two keepers there's one keyword 00:08:58.680 --> 00:09:04.620 I want to start off with excuse me you're gonna be so amazed you're gonna 00:09:03.300 --> 00:09:07.160 be like this is the best keyboard I've ever tried 00:09:08.839 --> 00:09:13.620 foreign foreign 00:09:14.959 --> 00:09:22.019 this is Apple's equivalent of the IBM 00:09:18.899 --> 00:09:24.839 extended how is it acceptable extended 00:09:22.019 --> 00:09:29.600 keyboard too this keyboard uses the famed Alps switches 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:34.860 feels gross I genuinely hate this I would never type 00:09:32.220 --> 00:09:38.640 on this in my life you like this maybe you should just buy a memory keyboard 00:09:36.420 --> 00:09:43.680 also why are the home row keys on my middle fingers that's gross these Alps 00:09:41.100 --> 00:09:49.019 keys are legendary in the Apple circles and that's cool I don't like them yeah 00:09:46.500 --> 00:09:54.060 the bump is so mushy and I don't like the recessed caps lock why is this so oh 00:09:52.080 --> 00:09:57.600 it just sticks that's old that's fine that's what they used to be like don't 00:09:55.740 --> 00:10:00.300 you remember using these as a kid like I do remember using these because I grew 00:09:58.980 --> 00:10:05.339 up using like apple twos and stuff because my school was broke so you can't 00:10:03.420 --> 00:10:10.800 get this keyboard anymore okay but there is a Canadian keyboard manufacturer that 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:15.959 manufactures or else key switches maybe I like Alp switches that aren't 30 years 00:10:12.899 --> 00:10:18.620 old maybe they're just old maybe if 00:10:15.959 --> 00:10:22.980 they're fresh they're not this mushy mati this is a small outfit based in 00:10:21.300 --> 00:10:27.000 Canada they have worked to keep the spirit of the Apple extended keyboard 00:10:24.660 --> 00:10:30.540 alive for instance when the ELP switch was at risk of going out of production 00:10:28.620 --> 00:10:35.279 they bought a million in switches to keep their keyboards alive and when 00:10:32.880 --> 00:10:39.300 production eventually did end they loved the feel of the Alps switch so much that 00:10:37.200 --> 00:10:45.300 they design and manufacture their own this is the Matthias tactile Pro wow and 00:10:43.140 --> 00:10:49.380 then the laptop Pro which has the quiet click key switch what makes it a laptop 00:10:47.640 --> 00:10:56.399 Pro it's small it's wireless oh it's wireless and does it use lightning no no 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:58.380 it uses micro b what oh my God they told 00:10:56.399 --> 00:11:02.820 me it's based off of simple Alps I like these a lot more than I like these 00:11:00.779 --> 00:11:05.279 because these are snappier and they don't feel as mushy on the very bottom 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:10.530 out this is pretty close to the Sims 00:11:07.920 --> 00:11:13.600 oh my God 00:11:15.660 --> 00:11:20.519 it is it's like exactly the same it's 00:11:19.079 --> 00:11:26.880 all a lot in the space bar you get that Chunk in the space bar 00:11:22.560 --> 00:11:28.440 I am so amazed I found it I can't 00:11:26.880 --> 00:11:32.339 believe it but do you want to type on this all day yes I have a choice that's 00:11:30.600 --> 00:11:37.200 the beauty I always wanted to be a Sim it really did this threshing it'll whip 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:43.260 out of snow yeah that's pretty good it's silica for the Mac User like what do you think 00:11:41.220 --> 00:11:46.380 is the best keyboard for them so there's no perfect answer everyone's gonna have 00:11:44.820 --> 00:11:49.320 different needs so really this is the sky's the limit it's sky's the limit 00:11:47.820 --> 00:11:52.620 it's a giant rabbit hole that you can just Dive Right into and get lost 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:57.240 completely the mechanical keyboard world is full of 00:11:55.079 --> 00:12:01.500 a dizzying array of choice it can be quite overwhelming but also very 00:11:59.339 --> 00:12:06.000 personal it's nice to be able to choose for yourself and if you know what you 00:12:03.300 --> 00:12:10.459 want you can find the perfect one like this I can't believe it sounds like the 00:12:07.980 --> 00:12:10.459 Sims 00:12:11.040 --> 00:12:16.920 thanks for typing out this Mac Address if you like the sound of this keyboard 00:12:14.760 --> 00:12:20.160 give this video a like and if you would rebel against the magic keyboard and get 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:24.000 any of the Alternatives you might as well subscribe now in the comments I'm 00:12:21.839 --> 00:12:29.899 curious what keyboard would you choose or is there one you really like that we 00:12:26.220 --> 00:12:29.899 didn't try out pop it down below