I highly recommend low profile switches for those who haven't tried them. They weren't really available in many models until recently and they're a big step up from standard switches if you're more used to laptops.
> they're a big step up from standard switches if you're more used to laptops
In what way? I was contemplating a keyboard with mechanical low profile switches. One of the reasons was that I could easily remap the keys without having to buy new keycaps, since they all have the same profile, and for some reason, every manufacturer insists on their own home / en / pg up / pg dn layout (I'm looking exclusively at "75%" and similar layouts, which put those keys in a column).
But I'm hesitant because I've trained myself to not bottom out when I type with my regular mechanical keyboards, and my fingers enjoy the lack of abrupt stop at the bottom.
One switch I've not seen mentioned here yet is the Kailh Sunset switch [0], developed in collaboration with Darryl from lowprokb.ca. It is my favourite low profile switch, and the closest in feel to my X220-and-previous-generation Thinkpad keyboards.
Low profile switches are not compatible with MX keyboards, because all the dimensions are different. There are “mid profile” switches made by GMTX and perhaps others, which can be swapped into an MX board. (The Kailh mid-profile switches are not MX compatible.) You might have to be careful about keycap compatibility, to avoid longer caps that might bottom out on the switch plate.
