Keyboards
There are two models
of keyboard; wired and
wireless, both are reminiscent of the keyboards on
the MacBooks. Wide spacing of
keys etc. and made from, you got it, Aluminium!
The USB 2 wired keyboard is now much thinner than the
plastic trough
keyboard
it replaces, I think this can only be a good thing,
but why no wireless version?
The wireless Bluetooth keyboard has shrunk down,
missing the numberpad, the thought behind this is
you're more likely to use a wireless keyboard on your
lap. Although Apple seems to have missed a trick
here: What could've been an ideal keyboard for using
with a MacMini under a television, or just using your
iMac at more a distance has been let down due to them
missing any form of pointing device. Why didn't they
include a trackpad on it? So you're stuck with still
needing a wireless mouse, presumably to rub on your
leg?
I'd have expected something like the
Keysonic ACK-540
RF, but perhaps more
Apple looking.
There's been some rearrangement of keys for some
functions like expose, brightness, volume etc. I'm
sure that'll be something to get used to, and I
expect the arrangement will find its way onto the
MacBook eventually.
The other supposed controversial thing is the removal
of the
- Apple symbol on the
Command key, and instead the use of the words Command
with the Command clover leaf symbol. I'm glad it's
gone, it's done nothing but confuse people, you can
read some history as to how it got there
here. There
is some confusion here as to whether they've
removed it on the UK keyboard, the Apple still
appears on the UK iMac page, but not on the
US one, but; the Apple doesn't
appear on the UK Keyboard page. I do hope we've
not been left with the Apple, it'll just create
even more confusion. It's the Command key
dammit!
Update: It appears the Apple has vanished from the UK
page as well, must've been a photo error.
