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24 alternatives to I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Keyboard
Hi HN, today I’m revealing Altar II, an ultra-low profile (4.75mm) mechanical keyboard designed to replace your Magic Keyboard. It’s the keyboard I wish Apple made. Altar II has fully mechanical switches, plus a magnetically detachable dial, haptic feedback, a red backlight, and a native macOS companion app. I’m a heavy Mac user and I feel that Apple hasn’t given its keyboards the attention they deserve, in terms of hardware, software, and features, so I set out to try and change that. It was a massive undertaking and it has taken almost 2 years to get to this stage. One of the main…
Altar II is an ultra-low profile mechanical keyboard designed as an alternative to Apple's Magic Keyboard. It features mechanical switches, a magnetically detachable dial, haptic feedback, red backlighting, and a macOS… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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