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Ask HN: External Keyboard for MacBook Pro

2 points| artemiszx | 7 years ago

The 2nd & 3rd generation Apple butterfly keyboards have a lot of problems [1], and I am one of the users that has to live with a broken keyboard.

Can anyone recommend a Bluetooth keyboard that can be put over the butterfly keyboard (13" MBP in my case)? Preferably mechanical, and access to the trackpad should not be blocked.

I use my own Ergodox for my desktop, but they are not portable enough. Something that can fit above the original keyboard will minimize the footprint.

[1] https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-macbook-keyboard-fiasco-is-surely-worse-than-apple-thinks/

3 comments

robenkleene|7 years ago

Personally I use a bluetooth Happy Hacking Keyboard. I don’t put it over the built-in keyboard though, I use a stand (https://www.therooststand.com). This is (probably?) silly but it was just announced: https://ergodox-ez.com/pages/planck

bradknowles|7 years ago

What’s wrong with Apple’s own Magic Keyboard?

artemiszx|7 years ago

(a) At the price point ($100) I might consider a decent mechanical keyboard (b) it is humiliating to pay another $100 to Apple for their engineering problem