Apple keyboard

[Splash Colour]

Hello all, just wanted to ask if having a apple keyboard is worth having?

[Sickers5]

no

[Splash Colour]

︻气デ═一 lähetti viestin:

no

Why's that? explain?

[Teksura]

It really depends on you.


The Apple keyboard DOES offer certain useful functionality. If you're using an Apple display, it lets you dimand brighten your screen. You can activate Mission Control and Launchpad from the Apple Keyboard for easy application switching. You can control iTunes and adjust the volume. But that's really all it offers you.


Most of the functions I mentioned above can be bount to your standard function keys, which just means you lose that function key for other purposes. For example, if you bind Mission Control to F4, then you'll have to rebind "ready up" when playing MVM in TF2, since your F4 key triggers Mission Control.


There are also other keyboards out there which offer similar functions. My roommate is currently using an onn wireless keyboard with my old Mac Mini, and the only special function she cares about (volume adjust) works fine. (Special function is defined by having to press the blue fn key and then pressing the appropriate function key to perform functions like volume adjust or change tracks in iTunes)


The real problem with the Apple keyboard is that it is EXPENSIVE. It makes sense for the system because Apple designs everything itself and uses custom hardware for the computer, but there is no reason to charge that much for the few extra features offered by the keyboard.


Also the keyboard comes with a USB extention cable that ONLY works with the apple keyboard, which is obnoxious.



All of that said, I've tried several times to use a different keyboard. It always feels wrong. The jeys aren't in the right place for me and it throws me off as I try to get used to it. The last time I tried, I went nearly 2 weeks before I gave up on trying to get used to the new keyboard.

[Riwels]

No.
Regular keyboard and Karabiner app if you want to reassign any key.

[Splash Colour]

Well funny enough my typing has improved and plus I don't get finger cramp from using this keyboard compared to my old keyboard.

[videogames]

As far as membrane keyboards go, the standard wired Apple keyboard is one of my favorites. The short travel distance is really nice, it's comfortable to type on, it looks good and the USB ports are handy. My one complaint is that it's light and depending on your desk surface may move about as you type.
I really don't like the wirelss keyboard though. It feels about the same, but there's no USB hub and no numpad, and it devours batteries.

[Splash Colour]

videogames lähetti viestin:

As far as membrane keyboards go, the standard wired Apple keyboard is one of my favorites. The short travel distance is really nice, it's comfortable to type on, it looks good and the USB ports are handy. My one complaint is that it's light and depending on your desk surface may move about as you type.
I really don't like the wirelss keyboard though. It feels about the same, but there's no USB hub and no numpad, and it devours batteries.

I have the one with usb and is metal with white buttons, which is really comfort when typing.