I have a note in Notes titled “My Next Keyboard.” I’ve been rocking a Keychron K3 Bluetooth Mechanical Keyboard for a few years, and I like it plenty (save for the poor battery life on bluetooth). I’ve been using a couple of Apple Magic Keyboards at the office and thought maybe I should try this keyboard again; I have one, which I bought at the local Best Buy kind of on a whim. It’s a nice keyboard, but I didn’t use it much at home because my keyboard tray is kinda small. The Keychron (or any keyboard lacking a keypad) fits just fine on the tray.
I handled this a couple of ways. First, I dispensed with the KVM switch, which I’d originally set up to be able to swap between my son’s old Alienware PC, which I’d stuffed with 32 GB of RAM and updated to Windows 11. For an old machine, it was perfectly serviceable for my needs. I decided to move the KVM setup so that I could switch between my Mac Studio and old MacBook Pro, but honestly, I don’t need that setup like ever. Adding to that is the fact that the not-entirely-Mac-compatible Samsung 32” display I’m using now wakes from sleep when I tap the keyboard, which it did not do prior to either the KVM coming off, or the Apple Keyboard being hooked up (I will tell you that the Keychron always woke the Mac from sleep; the display did not, however, reliable wake up along with the Mac.
All of this is a long way to say that I really like this keyboard and this current setup a lot! I might not need the next keyboard note for a while.