Reddit reviews iHome Full Size Wired Keyboard - Compatible with Apple iOS or Windows - Sleek Mac and iMac Style Design - Desktop PC or Laptop
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Enjoy comfortable, responsive typing with this wired, full-sized, plug-and-play keyboard — just connect the USB cable to your laptop or desktop computer and you're ready to get to work at home or at the office. No software or batteries required.Offering a low-profile design for quiet typing, optimized key travel, and accurate keystroke transfer, the 109-key layout includes a numeric keypad for quick input of calculations in spreadsheets and financial applications plus a variety of one-touch control keys.Built-in control keys allow you to play, pause, stop, and skip to the next track or episode as well as control media volume straight from the keyboard, adjust screen brightness, and access system controls.This sleek, stylish, and compact keyboard with white keys and metallic silver body complements today's modern Apple and PC designs, and it takes up minimal space on your desktop.Requires a USB-A port and works with Mac and PC laptops and computers (OS X/macOS 10.4 or later; Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7-10).
Keyboards with reasonably narrow spacebars are really hard to find. Most non-Apple keyboards that are "designed for Macs" just relabel the keys and keep the extra-wide spacebars that put modifier keys out of reach of the thumbs. I'm not aware of any relatively normal Cherry MX boards that have a narrow space bar, but there are some no-name cheap Mac style boards that might have okay scissor switches (example 1, example 2. A used Apple keyboard in good condition would be a better option if you can find one.
I've considered trying a TECK for having accessible modifier keys, and its reprogrammability would definitely help with that, but I can't spend $250 on a keyboard at the moment.
Ok so I made a new user and still encountered the same problem. I'm thinking it definitely has something to do with the layout of the keyboard (model).
The integrated keyboard on the MBP works fine still if that makes any difference. Pretty frustrating but thanks anyways for the help!