My Mechanical Keyboard

Re:My Mechanical Keyboard by jtreminio on Sunday October 30, 2016 @11:22AM (#12830259)

I've been using Macs for less than most of you - only 3 years.

However, in that time I have become used to the keyboard shortcuts that come with OSX - CMD + Q for closing _any_ program, copy/paste/cut/etc all using CMD vs CTRL. These have turned out to be _much_ better than what's offered on Windows.

The few times I've grown curious again to try Windows 10, the keyboard shortcuts are absolutely the main reason I jump back to OSX. The terminal can be emulated, there's usually programs on Windows that match what I use on OSX, but the shortcuts, I have been unable to figure that out.

Any tips?

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Re:My Mechanical Keyboard by softawre on Sunday October 30, 2016 @11:24AM (#12830274)

keyboard shortcuts can be easily remapped. This seems like a silly reason to pick one OS over the other. (e.g., switch alt and control)

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Re:My Mechanical Keyboard by AlexandrB on Sunday October 30, 2016 @12:41PM (#12830715)

IMHO this is worse than just learning to live with different shortcuts because whenever you walk up to someone else's computer you will experience a moment of confusion as you try to use your remapped keys.

I have this experience frequently with remapping Caps Lock to CTRL.

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Re:My Mechanical Keyboard by bddenhartog on Sunday October 30, 2016 @11:25AM (#12830278)

Move to Linux.

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