Layout does not matter as much in my opinion, it’s been fine since the snes controller and not evolved much past the ps1 controller which still works great to this day. I think per game rebinds are missing very often from games made during the last decade at least. Some programmer with a God complex just decided: this is how I would set the controls now everyone who wants to play my game better get used to this.
On a pc you can at least use some external tool to rebind the controller, but it’s a lot of hassle and there are lots and lots of other games to play. I think this kind of attitude costs customers.
And don’t get me started on console games. They are made for sheeple, there is not even an option to rebind the controller for any games available to this day. Correct me if I am wrong. But I was playing gran turismo in vr at my brothers the other day. The shift up is on the lower button and vica versa for some reason. Sure you can get used to this after a couple of hours but it feels like having look up and down reversed while playing a fps.
Why on earth are there still any games available in 2025 that don’t let the user rebind the controls to their liking?
I think it’s still the best keyboard for typing I’ve ever used. The tactile feedback is just awesome and the noise is actually very helpful to keep a rhythm going, improving typing speed because you mistype less, I believe.
I started my PC journey with an early cherry keyboard, one of those rubber dome/mechanical hybrid copies of the original model m. It was not too bad, I think. I then used some Logitech rubber domes for e next two decades or so. Heard that mechanical keyboards are a thing five years ago or so. Bought one of those cherry hybrids again but found that it was alright for gaming but not that great for typing. Then bought the cheapest blue switch mechanical Chinese keyboard to write my thesis on which was really great for typing but annoyed the fuck out of every one at the uni library I am sure. Bit the bullet and bought a model m as a full size keyboard for home use. And also a very cheap numpad-less brown switch one for gaming (15 euros including shipping because the h key was broken). It was an easy soldering job and has been my go to (fps) gaming one for ever since.
So yeah, model m is still the typing king for me and brown keys are best for gaming imho. But if you are on a budget, a blue key mechanical keyboard will be still very satisfying for typing.