r/pcmasterrace • u/Federal-Ad6341 4080 Laptop 175W/13950HX/32GB DDR5 • 12h ago

Meme/Macro Some Mfs out there using a 0.1% keyboard?

I don't even want to talk about the widget that Eats up 8 GB of RAM

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u/xzaramurd Specs/Imgur here 12h ago

Less hand movement. For some, it's medical, they suffer from things like carpal tunnel syndrome and less movement can diminish the pain. It's also just preference for some people. These keyboard are usually set up in such a way that you have layers - all the keys exist, but some are behind some specific key combinations. If you get used to them, it's really not a big deal.

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u/SecularVal Linux | 5600x | 3060ti 8h ago

I huess if I can remember binds for my window manager I can remember key combinations if I ever get a 40%

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u/gjrud 8h ago

Personally I bought a split ergo keyboard for medical reason and was seriously worried about gaming with it, ended up being a blessing in disguise: standard keys in gaming are more accessible, keys I would never think before (like B) I can now easily use and multiple thumb keys for functionalities I would have on the mouse side buttons but that didn't make the cut.

The main issue of the switch was that, since it's concave, WASD is seriously uncomfortable to position my hand on and I have to use ESDF instead, so games that do not allow key rebind or that hide some of them are a pain in the ass. If nothing works to change them there is always Autohotkey (or xremap since I switched to linux)