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• Apple Keyboard

  

  Useless.

  Written by CA

  15/11/2009

  I too touch type around 70-80 wpm and personally I don’t find it easy using this keyboard. I’m going to be buying my new apple imac in the next couple of
  weeks and a really nice chap in my local computer shop showed me the new keyboard after
  I told him that I wasn’t sure if I would like the response of the keys as I touched typed.
  After having a go of this keyboard straight away I didn’t like it because you really have
  to press the keys and it felt as though I was pressing buttons instead
  of the usual response you get from a regular keyboard. As one user pointed out in a
  review of this keyboard it feels as though you’re having to bash the keys something that those
  of us can and enjoy touch typing don’t need to do and it slows you down.
  Then it looks and feels like using a laptop keyboard which
  I have never enjoyed using. So Sorry Apple I don’t think you did enough research for
  those of us who can touch type. You’ve sacrificed functionality
  over style I personally would have preferred using the keyboard that came with your very
  earlier Apple macs the ones with the black keys and I loved the sound of them too. I prefer nice loose springy clicking keys that respond easy to touch.
  Bring them back!
  These new keyboards may look nice but they’re useless for touch typing. …More

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• Apple Keyboard

  

  "Apple of my heart"

  Written by AH from Marrero

  14/11/2009

  I recently purchased a brand new 20" iMac. Only to be disappointed by the recent release of the newer LED display iMacs. Initially I thought to myself, I'll just upgrade the keyboard to the wireless one, and I'll swap out my wired mouse for the new, hipper magic mouse. As far as the display goes, I plan on having a multiple monitor set up anyway, eventually purchasing Apple's 30" HD cinema display.
  
  Some of you by this time might be thinking, " What does all of this have to do with giving this wired, soon to be discontinued keyboard, a five star rating? " Well I'm getting to that, you see the first purchase I made in my quest to upgrade my iMac was the wireless keyboard. At the time I placed my order through Apple, the keyboard was being shipped in 7-14 business days, approximately. During this time I had been extremely productive with my iMac. Allowing me to put my wired keyboard through it's paces. In doing so, I found myself being very satisfied with the function and simplicity of my wired keyboard. On my desk, I have a sliding keyboard drawer that neatly hides the wire that connects both display and keyboard to one another. Leaving me with an aesthetically clean work space. I also realized, although a cool piece of ingenuity, I really have no need for a wireless keyboard. Since I currently have a desktop setup only, I don't foresee myself doing any type of productivity away from my desk, making the wireless function, of my potentially new keyboard, simply a non issue. So on about day seven or eight I checked the status of my order to see if Apple had mailed my new keyboard. To my amazement, they had not. I immediately cancelled my order and with ease, a full refund had been issued within days. Leaving me very content knowing I had not forked over more money on something I currently have no use for. If you remember, I did consider this purchase based on the disappointment I had after the release of the new LED display iMacs. Sure it would have been nice to have waited a bit longer to purchase an iMac, in order to own Apple's fastest iMac to date. But after doing some research on all types of reviews and forums on the newer iMacs, I've come to conclude that the upgrades made to Apple's iMacs are marginal at best. The only real significant upgrade is in the display's size and LED technology. Since I intend on having a multi monitor setup, a 30" HD cinema display will soon make me forget about what I might have had if only I had waited a bit longer to drop my hard earned cash on Apple's, what i thought at the time, newest iMac. I suppose technically it was the latest edition of iMacs available. But come on, it had been exactly 32 days after my purchase of the iMac when it was announced that Apple had released a newer, faster, redesigned, reconfigured iMac.
  
  Anyway, all of that is in the past and I'm an Apple user for life. No matter what short comings some of their products might have, most of them exceed in performance and function compared to what PCs offer. Don't forget, there's always Apple Care. For me it's a no brainer, purchase all of your Mac products along with a protection plan. That way, if for some remote chance one of your purchases fail, in either form or function, there is always a rescue net, in the form of Apple Care, to catch all of your worries of figuring out how to repair or ultimately finding the cash to replace that in which you hold so close and dear to your heart, all of your apples.
  
  Bottom line, KEEP YOUR WIRED KEYBOARD! get a new desk. …More

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• Apple Keyboard

  

  Mac computers GREAT! Mac keyboards not so much.

  Written by JV from tuscaloosa

  14/11/2009

  I love Mac computers and will never use anything else. The keyboards on the other hand need much improvement. I had the standard keyboard for my Mac when i purchased it a couple of years ago, loved it until it died almost a year later. I then purchased the newer keyboard thats standard with the Mac now 3 months ago. Loved it, until random keys stopped working. I dont know if its just my bad luck or what, but i wont be buying another Mac KB again. The design and ergonomics is great but long lasting is it not. Hopefully the engineers behind the Mac will one day take over the making of the Apple KB. Until then its MS KB for me unfortunately. …More

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