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  • Reply 21 of 46
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    man, i can't believe it, if this is true, Apple has just pissed away their whole ergonomics stuff (like said above)



    i mean, i bet the majority of the people want their keyboard like that (i know i do), but at least give 'em a choice!
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  • Reply 22 of 46
    Someone should ask the people at the Apple Store why the keyboard is different in those pictures as the stores. It would be interesting to hear what they have to say.
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  • Reply 23 of 46
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by MacGregor

    Ha! It is obviously a mock-up, even the above photos. They are just Photoshop hacks.



    Notice in the first photo the two guys in the bottom right are within arms length of the woman behind them. Obvously they are far too geeky to get within 10 feet of a woman...



    ...and with regards to the second photo I have spent the last 4 hours reconstructing the scene with 3D modeling software and I can prove that the guy in the Hawaiian shirt could not possibly be staring at the bald man at the printer!



    And besides the banner itself shows an Airport Basestation that is at least 3 feet wide. Even Airport Extreme wouldn't need it that big.



    Just a sloppy PS hack.







    Now folks, THAT was a damn funny post. I laughed out loud, cackling even...and I only do that 6-8 times a year, so...



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  • Reply 24 of 46
    pscatespscates Posts: 5,847member
    Actually, guys, we're just seeing one side of this thing. It's Apple, for crying out loud. How do we know that there isn't some cool little pop-out or "rising" device located in the center. Or some other ultra-cool, "why has no one else thought of this?!?!" device that makes this keyboard just as adjustable - if not MORE so - than their current one?



    Don't damn its look/design/ergonomics TOO soon...
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  • Reply 25 of 46
    fred_ljfred_lj Posts: 607member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Mac OS X Addict

    Someone should ask the people at the Apple Store why the keyboard is different in those pictures as the stores. It would be interesting to hear what they have to say.



    I'd be curious to know, too.



    ...if the poster's even still up there. But it's something a lot of people (except for OCD Macheads) wouldn't notice. Is there any chance it's a third-party keyboard? Still could be just an addition to the offering -- as in, "now you can get a bluetooth keyboard, but if you want the old one for connectivity's sake, then it's still here."
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  • Reply 26 of 46
    clonenodeclonenode Posts: 392member
    Here is a bit a trivia to add to this mystery:



    Apple's original AirPort base stations were the grey, graphite color. At some point during the first year, the banners in the stores were changed, including the one in the "etc" section. Those of us in the store never noticed until after the fact that the new banner showed a "snow" base station BEFORE it was announced or released. Apple took a chance (or didn't care) that the slight difference would not be noticed. They were right.



    As a point of information, and as an eyewitness, the new "etc" section banner DOES show this mystery keyboard, along with other Apple and third-party devices.
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  • Reply 27 of 46
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    Well, it defenitally looks like an Apple design. I am going to be nit-picky, and ask why there is a break in the plastic in the bottom left corner of this pictures: HMM>?>>



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  • Reply 28 of 46
    nebagakidnebagakid Posts: 2,692member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Mac OS X Addict

    Someone should ask the people at the Apple Store why the keyboard is different in those pictures as the stores. It would be interesting to hear what they have to say.



    agreed, who is going to do this? Placebo, I am looking at you duder,
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  • Reply 29 of 46
    eugeneeugene Posts: 8,254member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Nebagakid

    agreed, who is going to do this? Placebo, I am looking at you duder,



    They wouldn't know anyway...and would probably just say its a third party keyboard...
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  • Reply 30 of 46
    nevynnevyn Posts: 360member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Nebagakid

    ...and ask why there is a break in the plastic...



    Nice catch.



    The original "Apple Extended Keyboards" were nice because of their _heft/sturdiness_. Add adjustibility + looks to that.... Nice.
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  • Reply 31 of 46
    amorphamorph Posts: 7,112member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Nevyn

    Nice catch.



    The original "Apple Extended Keyboards" were nice because of their _heft/sturdiness_. Add adjustibility + looks to that.... Nice.




    Yes. I really miss my Apple Extended Keyboard. I love the Pro Keyboard, but it's not as good as the old beast.



    That thing had better be adjustable, though. I like my keyboard flat, and I'm not going to kill my wrists just to have a pretty Apple keyboard.
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  • Reply 32 of 46
    retrograderetrograde Posts: 503member
    I know this seems unlikely because if not someone would have probably spotted it by now, but is it just possible that the keyboard pictured is one manufactured by another company as a third party peripheral? I mean the poster doesn't just show Apple products it has stuff by other companies too.
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  • Reply 33 of 46
    netromacnetromac Posts: 863member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Retrograde

    I know this seems unlikely because if not someone would have probably spotted it by now, but is it just possible that the keyboard pictured is one manufactured by another company as a third party peripheral? I mean the poster doesn't just show Apple products it has stuff by other companies too.



    Possible, but I have not seen any keyboard like it though.
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  • Reply 34 of 46
    netromacnetromac Posts: 863member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Amorph

    Yes. I really miss my Apple Extended Keyboard. I love the Pro Keyboard, but it's not as good as the old beast.



    yes, the Apple Extended Keyboard was great. Had a very solid feel to it.
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  • Reply 35 of 46
    netromacnetromac Posts: 863member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Nebagakid

    Well, it defenitally looks like an Apple design. I am going to be nit-picky, and ask why there is a break in the plastic in the bottom left corner of this pictures: HMM>?>>







    It's only a screw hole or some hole from the molding process.
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  • Reply 36 of 46
    pesipesi Posts: 424member
    there's a link at MacRumors to the entire banner so you can get some context for the image.



    after seeing this, it seems like this is the same banner that has been up for quite a while, and somebody is just catching it now.



    i wouldn't make too much of this.
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  • Reply 37 of 46
    netromacnetromac Posts: 863member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by pesi

    i wouldn't make too much of this.



    Hey pesi, this is the AI forum. We make too much of everything
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  • Reply 38 of 46
    retrograderetrograde Posts: 503member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by NETROMac

    Possible, but I have not seen any keyboard like it though.



    Yes, it is just a thought seeing as there is nothing to imply that all the products pictured are Apple designed/made.



    But when I think about it most of the other brand products pictured are products that Apple doesn't make in-house anyway and so are not a direct competitor to Apple (for example digital cameras, video cameras).



    Mind you... there is a picture of an alternative mouse... so you never know
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  • Reply 39 of 46
    o and ao and a Posts: 579member
    Is it just me or does the mouse look a little more ergonomic than it actullay is in real life?



    Is that a new mouse or is it just me?
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  • Reply 40 of 46
    nitzernitzer Posts: 115member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by O and A

    Is it just me or does the mouse look a little more ergonomic than it actullay is in real life?



    Is that a new mouse or is it just me?




    It definitely looks shorter. The finger things to pick it up are much closer to the front and the whole thing is shorter.



    It could be that they just shrunk the image horizontally.
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