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best Apple item ever...

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 9:58 pm
by Machinate
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I am so in love.

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:03 pm
by glu
yes. thinking about getting one of these. I have a wired one, so it is nice to
have the extra 2 USB ports, but this would be good for recording from in the
bathroom... when I am looking for that natural reverb. What can you use
to clean the keys to keep it white? My KB has gotten a little dirty and a damp
rag doesn't do the trick anymore.

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:03 pm
by Damon_Chambers
that doesnt look very ergnomic.

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:08 pm
by doc holiday
kinda cool, but it sure is missing a lot of keys

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:13 pm
by Atomikat
doc holiday wrote:kinda cool, but it sure is missing a lot of keys
Missing what?...it's perfect... :wink:

Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 10:13 pm
by beats me
Only half right. I can't believe they didn't make a wireless version of an extended keyboard.

Also I found it a little awkward to use on the few I have tried but I guess that's really no different than going to another computer you haven't used before.

I heard the battery life isn't that great either. Apple fails every time on battery life.

Other than those things, it's awesome. :D

Tune in next week for a complete listing of missing basic features on the iPhone that every other phone on earth has and yet I still insist it's the best phone ever. Stupid.

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 4:01 am
by forge
beats me wrote:Apple fails every time on battery life.
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shit man, my HP laptop that's about 6 years old doesnt even make 1 hour now

my girlfriends Macbook lives on the battery, she hardly ever seems to plug the thing in

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 4:27 am
by sparklepuff
Ha, so funny, I picked mine up yesterday. LOVE IT.

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 4:32 am
by longjohns
keyboard

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 7:10 am
by noisetonepause
That's not a keyboard - this is a keyboard.

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:39 am
by Lo-Fi Massahkah
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Anyone know of a USB retrofit to this one?

.m

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 10:40 am
by Lo-Fi Massahkah
Seriously now. I have the wired Apple aluminum keyboard. After getting used to the very short key action I find it very nice.

.m

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 11:10 am
by b0unce
checked the apple website...didn't find any details, I was wondering what the dimensions were...

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 11:16 am
by kaffein
noisetonepause wrote:That's not a keyboard - this is a keyboard.
That is the EXACT key layout I use.
I think it's the IBM standard 104 key layout.

Any keyboard I buy must have it.

Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 11:46 am
by Machinate
b0unce wrote:checked the apple website...didn't find any details, I was wondering what the dimensions were...
28x13cm. The key spacing is much more ergonomic than the macbook keys, and it's identical to the big wired version, except without the right side, naturally.

I would say that keyboards without numberpads are, in general use, a LOT more ergonomic than regular keyboards, in that switching from 2-handed typing to mousing+modifier keys (the most normal big action there is) has been shortened from my now deceased logitech 104-key to the apple bluetooth number here by roughly 20 centimeters. The motion is really fluid now.

I just wish I could have gotten a wired one, since this is, oddly, more expensive than the bigger, yet wired version. I am quite broke, and I still need to replace my mouse :-/