# Magic Keyboard mechanical keyboard

55 Hacker News commenters recommended Magic Keyboard mechanical keyboard and 11 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Praised for its slim, low-profile mechanical design and polished website. Critics find the large number keys and the missing numpad and navigation keys off-putting.

## Why people recommend it

- Attractive, well-designed look (6 comments): "It looks super nice. I really like the name and the design, but as others have said the numbers seem to be a bit of a turn off." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49208167)) "On first look this is great work. The attention to detail on both the keyboard and the website is really impressive." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198648)) "Absolutely love the design, features, website, attention to detail" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198570))
- Eager to buy at launch (5 comments): "This looks dope, looking forward to ordering in the future." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198903)) "so glad this exists. Can't wait til this drops" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49203546)) "Looks beautiful, congrats on the launch!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198309))
- Slim low-profile mechanical feel (4 comments): "This looks great. Never liked the idea of having to add wrist rests to all these tall bulky mechanical keyboards." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198344)) "Love the design and have also wanted a super low profile mechanical keyboard like this!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198757)) "Hence the appeal of this design: Mechanical, yet slim." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49202545))
- Polished website and attention to detail (4 comments): "On first look this is great work. The attention to detail on both the keyboard and the website is really impressive." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198648)) "Absolutely love the design, features, website, attention to detail" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198570)) "I like the website more than the keyboard itself" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198597))

## What people warn about

- Odd number keys and font (4 comments): "It looks super nice. I really like the name and the design, but as others have said the numbers seem to be a bit of a turn off." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49208167)) "the numbers look like they came off a special calculator for people with failing eyesight" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49199613)) "LOVE the industrial design. HATE the font, especially on the number keys." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49199746))
- Low profile not for everyone (3 comments): "as a HHKB user I'm not a fan of low profile keyboards otherwise I would've bought this" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198184)) "Looks great, but at this point I’m too used to HHKB layout on custom MX/topre boards" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49199145)) "Beautiful! Looking forward to the Kickstarter. But also, why is it completely flat?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198420))
- No numpad or navigation keys (3 comments): "No ISO? No numpad? Also we're doing preorders for preorders now?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49213397)) "still squished the arrow keys into the rest of the keyboard" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49198207)) "not convenient -- no Insert/Pageup/Screenshot buttons" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49199474))
- Missing or hard-to-see symbols (2 comments): "The keyboard seems to be missing important symbols, such as - and =" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49199818)) "the loss of visibility for the shifted symbols is a huge loss" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49200058))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [IBM Model M keyboard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ibm-model-m-keyboard.md): 39 recommend
- [Keychron keyboard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/keychron-keyboard.md): 29 recommend
- [Filco Majestouch TKL](https://hackerapproved.com/p/filco-mechanical-keyboard.md): 15 recommend
- [Truly Modular Keyboard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/a-truly-modular-keyboard.md): 10 recommend
- [Altar II mechanical keyboard](https://hackerapproved.com/p/altar-ii-mechanical-keyboard.md): 8 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Mechanical+Magic+Keyboard+mechanical+keyboard&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Magic Keyboard mechanical keyboard", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mechanical-magic-keyboard/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).