Some people love peace and quiet. Others love mechanical keyboards. That clackety-clacking noise is the very sound of productivity, isn’t it? The feel of the keys. The way you can practically make a lifelong hobby out of customizing a “hot swappable” model with different keycaps, switches and more. Today’s Mac Studio and Studio Display setup relies on a Keychron K8 mechanical keyboard.
The user swears by it, having chosen it over a couple of well-regarded Razer keebs. He’s still got the Razer wrist rest, though.
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Keychron K8 mechanical keyboard click with Mac Studio and Studio Display setup
Redditor bucketofmonkeys (“Monk”) showcased the setup in a post entitled, “New Mac Studio M2 Max setup.” On Monday we covered his refurbished M2 Max Mac Studio and Studio Display. Now we’ll focus on his mechanical keyboard.
So the Keychron K8 mechanical keyboard is a compact, tenkeyless model. That means it lacks a 10-key numeric key pad. It sports a total of 87 keys. It’s not tiny, but it’s not full-sized, either.
It features a Mac layout’s multimedia and function keys, but works fine with Windows. And it comes with extra keycaps for both OS and a simple switch to flip between the OS. It includes white backlighting, Bluetooth 5.1 or USB-C cable connections and a 4000mAh battery that lasts 200 hours without backlighting, according to the company.
“I used Razer keyboards for a long time, first the Black Widow and later the Huntsman TKL,” Monk said. “They are not bad, but I wasn’t super happy with the feel. I like the feel of the Keychron better. I also tried the K4, which is a 96% layout, but I’m used to tenkeyless now, so switched to the K8.”
And he added that he likes the Keychron K8 mechanical keyboard so much that he actually has two K8 keebs. The second one is for his work setup (Windows).
And along with that keyboard, by the way, Monk uses a mouse so popular we see it as much if not more than Apple’s Magic Mouse. That would be the seemingly ubiquitious Logitech MX Master 3S wireless mouse. You can find it and the other gear, including that great keyboard, in the gear list below.
Photo: bucketofmonkeys@reddit.com
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Mechanical keyboard and mouse:
Computer:
- M2 Max Mac Studio (refurbished)
Display and accessories:
- Studio Display (refurbished)
- BenQ Screenbar Monitor Light
Connectivity:
Other:
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This tenkeyless wireless mechanical keyboard for Mac features white backlight, Bluetooth, multitasking, and options USB-C wired connectivity. Includes Gateron G Pro Brown Switches.
