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I'm looking for a keyboard and a mouse and seeking for recommendations. I have currently  a mac but are planning to switch to windows if the mac kicks the bucket. In general i want them to be black, with any to few colored details. I'm not looking for any advanced rgb details, only maybe an monochrome backlighting. 

What im searching for:

keyboard

must: wrist rest, programmable keys, support for windows and mac os, black (without crazy colored features or for example wasd having an other color than the rest)

love to have: profiles for the programmable keys i can switch between, macros,backlighting

 

mouse

must: comfortable grip, 6 or more programmable buttons, support for windows and mac os, not too small (my hands are like bigger than average), optical

love to have: profiles for the programmable keys i can switch between, backlighting(or how you call it on a mice)

 

If you ask yourself whats up with the wish for profiles for the keyboard and mouse:

I would love to try to use different profiles depending what im doing, so that i can use the mouse to switch the profile of the keyboard and vise versa, although i don't know if there is something like this, im interested in the answers to this post. 

 

Have a great day

Devilcrusher

 

edit:

budget isn't really fixed but i don't plan to spend more than 100 dollars on keyboard and mice together

please make sure if what you recommend really is compatible with windows and mac os and not just something like "compatible with windows, mac os for normal use"

 

 

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I would recommend this keyboard from Logitech, but you said you wanted backlighting. If you can live without it, I would definitely choose it. It also has 6 programmable keys.

 

Another suggestion would be this one from Corsair. It is RGB, but the colors can be set to white, or disabled outright in the corsair software. Just like the previous keyboard, it has 6 programmable keys.

 

For the mouse, I always hands-down recommend the Logitech G502. It's the best mouse I've ever owned. Also, it should be the perfect size. I have massive hands, and it's perfect for me.

 

 

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AMD Ryzen 7 5800X • Noctua NH-D15 • MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk • 2x8GB G.skill Trident Z Neo 3600MHz CL16 • MSI VENTUS 3X GeForce RTX 3070 OC • Samsung 970 Evo 1TB • Samsung 860 Evo 1TB • Cosair iCUE 465X RGB • Corsair RMx 750W (White)

 

Peripherals/Other:

ASUS VG27AQ • G PRO K/DA • G502 Hero K/DA • G733 K/DA • G840 K/DA • Oculus Quest 2 • Nintendo Switch (Rev. 2)

 

Laptop (Dell XPS 13):

Intel Core i7-1195G7 • Intel Iris Xe Graphics • 16GB LPDDR4x 4267MHz • 512GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD • 13.4" OLED 3.5K InfinityEdge Display (3456x2160, 400nit, touch). 

 

Got any questions about my system or peripherals? Feel free to tag me (@bellabichon) and I'll be happy to give you my two cents. 

 

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For keyboard, the G710+ is a great option and meets all of your expectations except for one (the WASD keys are grey instead of black). It has cherry MX brown switches with o-rings which make it relatively quiet to normal cherry mx switches. It also works with macOS and has 6 macros with 3 profiles. I believe it has 5 backlight brightness options and it looks minimalistic. The only wierd thing about it is the orange thing on the left side around the macros, but that can easily be spray painted if necessary. 

 

For mouse, you should really try few out on your own, you'll be happy. My personal favourite mouse is the Logitech g502. It has like 11 buttons or something as well as 3 profiles. It has RGB lighting and feels good in the hand if you have a claw grip with small to medium sized hands.

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Can the logitech g502 be programmed on mac? If so thats the mice im going for.

I'm still looking for a keyboard. Keyboards i found interesting: 

 

lioncast LK15 (just great but can only be programmed on windows)

genius maticore gx gaming (unclear what it can, if it supports mac os)

https://www.amazon.de/Speedlink-Gamer-Tastatur-Computer-18-Tasten-Rollover-Technik/dp/B01M9CLA1M/ref=sr_1_44?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1525044100&sr=1-44&keywords=keyboard+profile (unclear what it can, if it supports mac os)

thanks for all the recommendations

 

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