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I so want to get into mechnical keyboards but most of my work is done on a 2015 MacBook Pro and I'm so efficient with the large trackpad - I rest my palms on the laptop and can reach everything with just a pivot of the wrist. I tried the Magic Trackpad, but I kept having to move my forearm and it just slowed me down too much.

What kind of mouse or trackpad is everyone using with these $xxx - $xxxx keyboards?



I too love the large trackpads. I use an Apple Magic Trackpad 2 in front of my Planck 47-key ortholinear keyboard.


I use a trackball next to my keyboard which barely cracks the $100 barrier right now. The trackball won't change when the keyboard does in a few months.


Trackballs. M570 or MX Ergo.


> What kind of mouse or trackpad is everyone using with these $xxx - $xxxx keyboards?

Mice with holes. Your mouse must have holes.

https://i.redd.it/i5s6j18i3hp31.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/DSW0lvH.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14d68Wgwevs

https://en.reddit.com/r/MouseReview/


None of those look nearly as good as the GITs inspired, Masamune Shirow designed PS/2 serial mouse I own (only as a collector's item - I don't use it). Found it cheap on Ebay years ago. Today I don't even want to think of what it would cost (I'm sure it's become a collectors item of some sort).


That looks like a cleaning nightmare waiting to happen.


If I need to clean a mouse that I've been using for less than a few years, I am going to reevaluate my personal hygiene. After that, it's going in the trash.


What cleaning? You just buy the new one.




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