New Apple Pro Keyboard?
I notice that Apple have pulled all the 'pro' keyboards for its webstite, with just that white eMac one available now. Which could mean one of two things:
1) That white eMac keyboard is all were gettin because Ive and co are very busy designing lots of new stuff for us behind the scenes, or
2) There is a new 'pro' keyboard in the pipeline
1) That white eMac keyboard is all were gettin because Ive and co are very busy designing lots of new stuff for us behind the scenes, or
2) There is a new 'pro' keyboard in the pipeline
Comments
Originally posted by applenut
3. Apple is cheap and shipping all machines with really crappy peripherals
I'll go with 3.
flick.
Originally posted by Zapchud
I still hope for a new, sexy Alu keyboard, with sexy, blue backlight like the lapzilla
I'm hope'n for something like that too ... but for sales of the here and now ... number 3
4. Apple gets out of the keyboard/mouse business and sells third-party mice and keyboards from Logitech, MacAlly and others.
That would be a bold step, though. Even Dell ships rebadged oem mice/keyboards.
i don't know who makes their mouse now but logitech used to when it used a ball.
I've never come acrossed any component made during Steve's "Second Coming" that has blantantly failed outside of physical abuse.
I think you guys should be complaining about the accessory features of the components, and not about the design. (which is one of the highest quality I've come acrossed through the years)
Even though I use a two-button MacAlly as my primary, I've got the hockey puck in the other port of the keyboard, just in case it fails, or I feel like using the other hand fo shooting it up in UT2003, QIII, UT.
It is irritating that they haven't implemented the scroll wheel, context-menu button (which is sometimes wrongly named the "right mouse button," its the left button on a lefty mouse)
oh yah, forgot one thing: AND BRING ON THE ALUMINUKEYBOARD, man that would be f'n a$s sweet.
platypus monkey.
Yes, the Media buttons only work with iTunes, but it works that all that matters, And the implementation on PC side kinda suckass. But I have been getting good battery life on both the keyboard and mouse. The rechargeable stand/Receiver works great. If I had to recommend a keyboard I would recommend this keyboard. The Apple Pro Keyboard's buttons can be duplicated and "user buttons" can be used to shut the machine off.
The keys have nice action, and not mushy at all, nice tactile feel to them.
And the MX 700 mouse, Nice too. Total of 8 buttons plus scroll up and down. Just cant beat that with a stick and also wireless.
And the ALT and Option keys are automatically switched depending on the OS.
Can get one for $65, if you know where to look.
I was thinking that since Apple likes simplicity in their mice, one could see a mouse that doesn't click at all, and simply has a smooth surface on the end. It could be plastic with a chrome color in the center (instead of the white now). But what would be interesting I think would be three small, subtle demarcations on the end, representing three user programmable spaces. For example the left side could be the regular click,the right side could be right click, and the center could be a scroll function, etc. Besides, doesn't kensington have something like this already? In any case, I think its kind of a cool idea and I could sorta see Apple possibly doing this for the mouse because at the very least designwise it seems to fit the bill for simplicity.