I've just purchased the Apple Snow Leopard Mac Box Set from my local Apple authorised service provider, and decided to buy an Apple keyboard with it. The Apple keyboard is priced around £28.00 - and no matter what keyboard I try I can type the fastest with this keyboard due to the separated keys. Very quiet key stroke during operation and just very pleasant to use. The keyboard enclosure is made from aluminium and even without being too close to the keyboard you can smell the aluminium when you first open the product, but the smell soon wares off. Nothing bad or anything - just saying! I actually purchased the keyboard without the numeric keypad - but you can purchase one with or without the numeric keypad usually at the same price.
The keyboard's caps lock has an LED light on the top left corner to denote the obvious, and you have to press the caps lock key momentarily for it to register and activate. Reason? Incase you accidentally tap the caps lock key while typing, so more likely you'll only have caps lock key activated when you actually want it activated...which is quite useful. Takes a few times to adjust to pressing momentarily (and when I say momentarily I mean just a spit second).
The keyboard also comes with 2 USB ports on the side for peripherals like a mouse (or the mighty mouse, in some cases) instead of having to plug directly into your Mac/PC. The USB ports won't power high-power peripherals like an iPod Touch (apparently) unless its connected to the iMac (the new iMac's) or a computer with a dedicated USB port...isn't too much of a problem as most cases you just want to plug a flash drive or mouse into the side USB ports - nevertheless its useful!
The keyboard's USB cord is quite small although it comes with an extension cord incase you need it.
Although the Apple Keyboard was made for the Mac it works perfectly well on Windows (and for me it works on XP/Vista/7 fine). The cmd/command key will link as the Windows key on a PC and the F keys at the top may or may not work - I'm not sure on that one.
Overall I recommend this keyboard especially for those that have a Mac - but who says PC users can't purchase this too? :)
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Thanks for your comment TheHairyGodmother :). This keyboard is a joy to type on, I must admit...and its so compact and small without the numeric keypad on the side, which makes the keyboard much heavier and wider. The two USB ports on the side are really beneficial for plugging in the Mighty Mouse. If anyone would consider using this with a PC, I'd buy a retractable corded mouse (possibly from Argos?) and it'll do perfect to plug it into the side USB port.
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Advantages: Good Multimedia Keys, Flat Desgin, Very Easy to Type. Disadvantages: Need's OS X Tiger with the latest update or higher, No good on Windows.
macwise 09.12.2007 (09.12.2007)
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Advantages: Smooth keys, no places for dirt to reside, keys stay clean Disadvantages: USB port is underneath & bulky sticks will make the keyboard wobble slightly
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Advantages: Smooth keys, no places for dirt to reside, keys stay clean Disadvantages: USB port is underneath & bulky sticks will make the keyboard wobble slightly
luggi 21.11.2007 ·
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