HHKB Professional Hybrid Type-S

The Happy Hacking Keyboard is the most divisive keyboard in the developer community — loved intensely by its users, baffling to everyone else. At $330, it uses Topre electrostatic capacitive switches (not mechanical in the traditional sense) that feel unlike anything else: a soft, cushioned tactile bump with almost no audible click. The Type-S dampened version is genuinely one of the quietest keyboards available at any price. The HHKB's layout (60%, with Control where CapsLock usually is, designed for Unix users) was designed by Professor Fujio Wada specifically for programmers. The layout requires remapping and adjustment but is beloved by the Vim/Emacs community. Most Macs ship with a 68% keyboard; the HHKB is the keyboard many Mac developers upgrade to.