I think for me 90% of the joy of a mechanical keyboard is customization.
- You get to chose the keycaps
- You get to chose the switch type
- With QMK/VIA you get to completely change the way your keyboard works (If I had this on a Apple Magic Keyboard I might have been happy with it)
I don't want some crappy software that achieves this, none ever work as good as a firmware solution. I plug my keyboard into any PC and only send the commands I want.
You can configure a mechanical keyboard to be even less silent than the Apple Magic Keyboard. I have some colleagues who really hammer down on those Magic Keyboards and they can get loud.
Also it sits good with me that I can have my keyboard layout in version control[1].
- You get to chose the keycaps
- You get to chose the switch type
- With QMK/VIA you get to completely change the way your keyboard works (If I had this on a Apple Magic Keyboard I might have been happy with it)
I don't want some crappy software that achieves this, none ever work as good as a firmware solution. I plug my keyboard into any PC and only send the commands I want.
You can configure a mechanical keyboard to be even less silent than the Apple Magic Keyboard. I have some colleagues who really hammer down on those Magic Keyboards and they can get loud.
Also it sits good with me that I can have my keyboard layout in version control[1].
[1] https://github.com/gempir/keymap