Non-wireless backlit keyboard

Looking for a non-wireless backlit keyboard. Have done lots of searching online and in forums but finding very little useful info. Anyone have one that they really like?
Thanks.

I tried a few shortcuts that make use of the "control" key on the Mac, and the Logitech keyboard's CRTL key works just fine. Examples:
Control+mouse click = right click
Control-Command-Up Arrow = "Open enclosed folder in a new window"
The dedicated "Windows" key performs the "command" function just fine as you'd expect.
The only thing I haven't tried is getting the Logitech's F1-F12 keys to map to the respective functions on the MacBook's built in keyboard, namely brightness adjustment, keyboard backlight adjustment (as useful as that could be in this case anyway), volume, and eject. I should note thought that for volume/mute the dedicated Logitech keys on the right side work just fine without any tinkering, and for the rest (Exposé/Spaces/Dashboard) you can just map the F key directly to trigger them.
Hope this helps!

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