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Review on MechanicalEagle Z-77 75% Mechanical Keyboard Aluminium Panel Clicky Blue Switches Rainbow LED Backlit N-Key Rollover 87-Key Tenkeyless Hot Swappable Spare Switches Included by Chip Palmer

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Great keyboard. - my new review

I'll age myself. In 1966 I learned typing on a Remington typewriter in high school in preparation for college. Later on I moved on to the IBM Selectric keyboard. With my first few computers the keyboard was laid out on the IBM style keyboard. Along comes Apple, Inc. The old MacBook Pro had a respectable IBM type key board. Now no Apple computer has this style keyboard. All are the flat, small, and squeezed together keys. I could never type adequately with the Apple keyboards. After searching for the old style keyboard I came across this and immediately ordered it. My 40-45 words per minute are back and with very few mistakes. The feel is great and the clicking keys tell me I've hit the key. As in another review the Apple option and command key are backwards for the Mac OS on this keyboard. I plugged the keyboard into my external USB hub and went to reboot into my Bootcamp hard drive by holding down the option key. Didn't work. I experimented and plugged the keyboard directly into the iMac and restarted. Holding down the keyboard Alt (option Mac key) did bring up the start screen where I could choose my hard drive. Evidently, the response/access time of the keyboard was slowed down by the external USB hub. Plugged directly into the computer it was fine. The review is being typed with the new keyboard and it is a pleasure to type again. In the dark you can see your keyboard with the computer on. Each key row is lite by a different color bulb.

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Pros
  • 1.77 pounds
Cons
  • The rainbow LED backlight may cause eye strain or headaches for some users

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