Matias Quiet Pro Keyboard for Mac Review

Others/Mice & Keyboards by stefan @ 2012-11-19

The new Quiet Pro keyboard from Matias impresses with it's newly designed switches, which produce less noise, maintain a tactile feedback and is equipped with anti-ghosting capabilities. Being a keyboard designed for Mac computers, the key functions are optimized for this platform and common/uncommon symbols are also drawn on the keycaps (which are laser-cut) for easier access.

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A Closer Look Contd.

On top of the full keypad, we also have the remaining F keys, along with the Eject button:

 

 

 

Here is also a closer look on the arrow keys:

 

 

 

The Matias Quiet Pro keyboard is equipped with not one, but three USB 2.0 ports, which are really handy especially on the Macbook laptops which do not have a lot of them available; in them we can plug peripherals that do not need a lot of power delivered to them like mobile phones, tablets, USB flash drives, mice and so on:

 

 

 

 

 

On the bottom side of the matte silver plastic chassis, we can see a sticker in the center, along with the feet:

 

 

 

The central sticker shows us how we can contact Matias in case of trouble:

 

 

 

The top feet are made of transparent plastic, a design which looks very good, but we would have also preferred the feet to have a small rubber portion on their edges for a better stability on the table:

 

 

 

 

The bottom feet are smaller and made of black rubber:

 

 

 

The USB cable is not braided and the connector is not gold plated:

 

 

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Comment from jmke @ 2012/11/19
plastic look doesn't make it ideal match for brushed aluminum of macbook imho

 

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