It's so crazy that they don't even tell you what switch you got, people are just left guessing

Okay, then this is not helpful at all. But thank you for the effort.....

Yep, where caps lock would usually be.

Keychron Q12 punches way above its price class.

It is.

Isn't this just user to user trading?

Thanks for you input and perspective. I’m a fan of 60% as well but enjoy the NUM pad. 96 seems to be my happy medium, at least for now.

Nice. I’ll check it out. What switches are you running?

r/mechmarket

That’s a daring combination, I personally like it :) What switches are you using?

Yup!

Mechcables

Equilibrium from drop.com

Having bought the Q12 myself and making it my main board I have the enter key in the right since that’s the only option. I can say it took about 30 seconds to get used to. Everyone seems to think it’s going to be a long process (myself included). It wasn’t

This was me as well. I thought I couldn’t live without a numpad but then I got a 75% and there’s no way I could go back to having a board that is so huge. I recently picked up a Q0 for the convenience of being able to move it around my desk for when I need to use it and when I don’t.

Did we just become best friends?

https://reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/1197uu4/meet_my_endgame/

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Where you get the cable from?

Whats the mouse pad i want to get one.

If you're on windows, Win+shift+S is so much better than print screen you won't even miss the key.

Does it have a left CTrl key?

I don’t like it, but only your opinion matters

Q12's layout is fixed as it is.

Switches are the single most preference-dependent item in a keyboard.
A great keyboard, with crappy switches, is a crappy keyboard.

Keycaps are a close second, but I'd still rather have good switches, with bad keycaps, than the other way around.
That being said, you need to find out what your own preferences are.

My first suggestion is always to see if there are any meetups in your area.
Those will let you try out a lot of different things, side-by-side, to determine what you actually like.
More importantly, you will get to do so at somebody else's expense, which is really nice for keeping your personal costs down.

If there are no meetups in your area, I would recommend determining which type of switch you like, then getting several different sampler kits of that style, so you can get a better idea of what's actually available.
This is even more important if you like tactile switches.
The amount of difference between different tactile switches is night and day, compared to the differences between linears.
There are a lot of really nice switches out off the beaten path, especially in tactiles, so I'd highly recommend putting some time in exploring and experimenting.

Remember though, if you find a switch you really like, and they feel too heavy or light, you can always do a simple spring swap to them.
That can create an entirely different feel to the switch, and is what I do personally, with all my switches because I like lighter springs than most people.

I can't speak to the aluminium case Q series Keychrons, but my plastic case K4 Pro is very good for a quiet keyboard when you put in good silent switches in it. It has a silicone pad in the bottom which helps a lot with that. There is no need for opening up the case for most any reason.

It is a 96% 1800 style layout, so you have a numpad (albiet, right handed)

All Keychron keyboards support Macs and Windows. The ones that support customizing what the keys do, like my K4 Pro, use the VIA software, which to my knowledge is the only such software that's cross-platform for Windows, MacOS, and Linux.