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I personally can't stand Apple's keyboards. They look very nice, obviously, but I find them cramped for typing. I have a keycapless Das that is a dream and I've been considering a Kinesis for a long time.

If you don't know how to touch type, I highly recommend the Das Model S Ultimate Silent. Two weeks with that cleared it all up, but make sure you have a backup for typing passwords.

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I thought I'd hate the Apple keyboard (on my MacBook Pro) but I ended up really liking it a lot. Even more than my nice mechanical keyboard. It's very quiet and I can type much faster than I can with the mechanical keyboard.

As much as I love my Das Keyboard, I must admit I don't mind the Apple keyboards at all for most tasks. If I had to do anything like transcription, then yes, but for most tasks like programming or surfing, I'm surprised how seamlessly I can switch from a mechanical keyboard to an Apple keyboard and back again.

Their macbook keyboards, while similar, have totally different feel. I don't know why, I wish desktop keyboards would be as awesome as laptop ones

I've been using a Kinesis for the last two years or so and I am very happy with it. Zero wrist pain, which was not the case with normal keyboards.

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