Keyboards are a vital component of our daily computing. Other methods of getting work done without one certainly exist, but a majority of us love our weird, clackity boards packed with inputs. These deeply personal devices can have unique designs to suit specific tastes, and as we use them more and more, we begin to understand what we want to see in them.
Some prefer compact keyboards that provide bare necessities; others like tons of keys to assign useful macros. There’s also a niche that enjoys noisy mechanical keyboards with each key having deeper travel. I’ve been testing all sorts of laptops for years, particularly those designed for gaming. And since I started, I’ve accumulated specific biases for the most important qualities of a laptop keyboard.
