Post Your Keyboards!

[macbotics]

Hi all,
My Cousin had a incident with my keyboard and a hot cup of coffee and all the keys are stuck. I am now stuck with a 1st gen iMac Keyboard ):
Any recommendations are appreciated!
U are welcome to post pics.

[EricNau]

Surely you've seen the new aluminum keyboards. ;)

[teleromeo]

why not get one of those new keyboards from apple ?
They look really cool, I'm just waiting until apple updates the Mac Pro to get one for myself.

[macbotics]

that didn't cross my mind at the time of the first post.

I will go to the apple store to pick 1 up.

Thnx macrumors yet again

[bcooper0125]

why not get one of those new keyboards from apple ?
They look really cool, I'm just waiting until apple updates the Mac Pro to get one for myself.

you mean one of these? :D i love this thing!

[twistmac]

I like my IBM Model M. It's old, it's loud, and I can type really fast on it.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1079/1416155586_e3931c9713.jpg

[23am]

http://static.pici.se/pictures/RikmoKudU.jpg

[wordmunger]

Here's mine, taken with Photo Booth:

[btw, I had never noticed before that Photo Booth pictures were mirror images. What's up with that?]

[Veritas&Equitas]

Here's my new wireless keyboard w/setup

[dontwalkhand]

I use the older style Apple keyboard, the generation right before the current aluminum ones, which I am pretty sure we are all familiar with.

[madfresh]

I use the Logitech diNovo Edge.

[Taylor C]

I've got two aluminum keyboards, one for my iMac, and the other for my MBP when it's at my desk. I love them both. I've also got an older model bluetooth keyboard lying around that I got when I bought my wireless mighty mouse (which I still use).

[macquariumguy]

Here's mine, taken with Photo Booth:

[btw, I had never noticed before that Photo Booth pictures were mirror images. What's up with that?]
Look in the Edit Menu. Tell it to Auto-Flip New Photos.

Here's my keyboard at work. Long live the good old clicky IBM keyboards with the keycaps that can be so easily rearranged.
http://techquarium.com/gallery2z/d/19645-2/snowflake2.jpg

[Slvgx]

Here's mine, taken with Photo Booth:

[btw, I had never noticed before that Photo Booth pictures were mirror images. What's up with that?]

Check in the edit menu, you can change it.

[23am]

Look in the Edit Menu. Tell it to Auto-Flip New Photos.

Here's my keyboard at work. Long live the good old clicky IBM keyboards with the keycaps that can be so easily rearranged.
http://techquarium.com/gallery2z/d/19645-2/snowflake2.jpg

Aaah, I remember those! :D

[timnosenzo]

http://www.timnosenzo.com/photos/177882891-L.jpg

[rectangular]

Here's my new wireless keyboard w/setup

Do you like the wireless keyboard? I really wish they had a full scale keyboard and not a laptop keyboard… i think I would miss the numpad and full size arrow keys and normal home/del/end keys etc…

[eyemacg5]

http://www.timnosenzo.com/photos/177882891-L.jpg

Wow thats like mine!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2346/1519498456_cf732fb124.jpg\

<3 MBP Backlit.

[Veritas&Equitas]

Do you like the wireless keyboard? I really wish they had a full scale keyboard and not a laptop keyboard… i think I would miss the numpad and full size arrow keys and normal home/del/end keys etc…
I love it. I really don't miss the numpad at all...I mean, how much do you really use it? I can see needing it if you are constantly entering numbers into Excel or Quicken or something, but otherwise, I just realized that I rarely ever use any numbers, and if I do, it's not hard to hit the ones above the letters. Glad I bought this one and returned my wired aluminum!

[23am]

Apples ads reached its goal, so to speak. I did show a picture of the new keyboard to a friend, and she said something like "Looks like an iPod :)".

What to say? ;D

[xfiftyfour]

ugh.

/thread.

[Shotglass]

http://static.pici.se/pictures/RikmoKudU.jpgIs that dvorak layout? I tried dvorak for a while, when I got used to it, I was quite fast. But shortcuts like command+s didnt work, so i changed it back...

[23am]

Is that dvorak layout? I tried dvorak for a while, when I got used to it, I was quite fast. But shortcuts like command+s didnt work, so i changed it back...

That's the Swedish version of dvorak yes, which adds åäö.
Shortcuts should work.. It does here :] I like that q and w is separated, there are nothing more irritating than hitting q instead of w when you shall close a tab in Safari. :p

[dontwalkhand]

Is that dvorak layout? I tried dvorak for a while, when I got used to it, I was quite fast. But shortcuts like command+s didnt work, so i changed it back...
It looks like its a keyboard from another country, but aren't most countries using QWERTY or AZERTY? Or a variant of it? Looks like he just rearranged the keys ;)

[Veritas&Equitas]

That's the Swedish version of dvorak yes, which adds åäö.

Stockholm eh? A great friend of mine lives in Sigtuna, one of my ex-gf's is from Växjö, one of my best friends is from Malmo, and I have relatives in Goteborg. Love it over there :)

[RevToTheRedline]

Ok, I can play along.

Nikkor 35mm F/2D AF @ F4, ISO 100, 2/5 sec.. I love the bokeh this lens produces.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2178/1526899777_b42f4cd1c3_b.jpg

[Cassie]

My phone's battery is dead and the charger is shot, so no picture for now.

Suffice it to say it was bought new in 1995.

[twistmac]

Is that dvorak layout? I tried dvorak for a while, when I got used to it, I was quite fast. But shortcuts like command+s didnt work, so i changed it back...

I'm pretty sure you can set it so the keyboard commands are in the same place, like instead of command+S you'd just do command+O.

[Shotglass]

I'm pretty sure you can set it so the keyboard commands are in the same place, like instead of command+S you'd just do command+O.No, that's what it automatically does. I'd like it the other way around, so I actually have to press the right key.

[xUKHCx]

No, that's what it automatically does. I'd like it the other way around, so I actually have to press the right key.

there are too options for dvorak

1.)dvorak
2.)dvorak - qwerty

1.) means for command + i you press command + i
2.) means for command + i you press command + r or whatever it now is

[vicious7]

Secondary keyboard.

[xper]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1011/941906952_60ca32f598_d.jpg

[RL600]

:rolleyes:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2011/1536271983_8e2f4dcbf7.jpg

[vohdoun]

Ok, I can play along.

Nikkor 35mm F/2D AF @ F4, ISO 100, 2/5 sec.. I love the bokeh this lens produces.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2178/1526899777_b42f4cd1c3_b.jpg

Me too! Almost.

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5909/keyboardog8.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Shot with FinePix S5600 (http://www.fujifilm.co.uk/digital/cameras/s5600/index.php?&flash=9)

[mavherzog]

Seriously...where's all the great keyboards? (aside from the couple of Model M's) :)

Here's my Model M mini just unboxed:

http://www.uhhh.org/~lherzog/blog-images/DSC02307.jpg

And here is my SMK-88 with blue cherry switches:

http://www.uhhh.org/~lherzog/blog-images/DSC02319.jpg
http://www.uhhh.org/~lherzog/blog-images/DSC02322.jpg

[contoursvt]

Ok my main keyboard is a model M which has been posted, but my favorite keyboard is this:

http://powerthings.com/pics/800xl.jpg

[UltraNEO*]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3291/2295863647_3bfc6fbf0a.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ultraneo/2295863647/)

[AreanFSL]

Here's my new wireless keyboard w/setup

Nice set-up!! :eek:

[RobertD63]

Heres mine, got it with the new mac mini
-Robert :apple:

[TravisReynolds]

i just got my apple wireless keyboard today.. and i love it!

[Cassie]

http://www.mjtsai.com/blog/images/2003-11-11-ibook-g3.jpg

[richard.mac]

heres mine. i cant believe no-one has posted the white Apple keyboard (one before the slim aluminium keyboard). i love it.

http://i25.tinypic.com/2mwrthv.jpg

[plumpan]

heres mine. i cant believe no-one has posted the white Apple keyboard (one before the slim aluminium keyboard). i love it.


cant wait to get my own! my favorite keyboard! :cool:

[brikeh]

Best keyboard ever...

[lost eden]

I'm surprised nobody else is rocking a Saitek Eclipse like me. It's the first keyboard I've actually bought - the other 25+ I own(ed) in my time were all throwaways. I went through a stage last year that I was using an old (read: DIN plug:D) Nan Tan Computer Corp (NTC) board with clicky Alps sliders, but I prefer more cushioning on the action; my wrists would start to get tired if I coded for long stretches. I also wanted to code at night & game in darkness, so the Eclipse was the onbious choice.

http://lab-cs1.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~cjd44/public_repository/scratch/IMGP0577s.jpg http://lab-cs1.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~cjd44/public_repository/scratch/IMGP0575s.jpg
(Pentax Optio A30, 1/4 with no tripod)

Best keyboard ever...
I have to agree that when it comes to laptops, ThinkPads have the best keyboards out there, no competition. My MacBook is horrible to type on after spending so much time on my T20. Also, the UK Apple keyboards are completely non standard & are frickin' horrible for coding, which is a pity because my laptop is where I do most of my uni work!

[benlangdon]

get 2 for 1
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg2/benlangdon/IMG_0003.jpg
its Microsoft but its dam nice.
another alt and ctrl on the right of the space is very useful
plus volume and itunes controls (most have)
this is from my computer i got in 99 and its still good.
number pad is usefull along without pressing fn to delete forward
i like.

[MattGarner]

http://macapper.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/keyboard.jpg

[Sethable]

I really love the new apple keyboards simply amazing.

[psychofreak]

I'm considering getting a Das (http://www.daskeyboard.com/) keyboard. It looks awesome.

[Shotglass]

Do you really need this part?
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2297104738_4ebed153ce.jpg?v=

[lost eden]

Do you really need this part?
Yes? I like entering numbers faster than hella slow.

[benlangdon]

Yes? I like entering numbers faster than hella slow.

ya +1 for keypad

i was actually thinking of buying one that goes in my usb port so i can do my math when i am not at home. there expensive as i have no money, so never bought it

[vohdoun]

heres mine. i cant believe no-one has posted the white Apple keyboard (one before the slim aluminium keyboard). i love it.

http://i25.tinypic.com/2mwrthv.jpg

Yes, they were a joy to type on. The only thing I hated about them, they were a dust magnet and crumb hair collector.

[benlangdon]

Yes, they were a joy to type on. The only thing I hated about them, they were a dust magnet and crumb hair collector.

6 pack of dust off 5 bucks at costco ;)
office max has one bottle for 9 bucks :eek:

i went through one bottle just for f of it. cleaned out every keyboard and every other thing with a small hole :rolleyes:

[Shotglass]

ya +1 for keypad

i was actually thinking of buying one that goes in my usb port so i can do my math when i am not at home. there expensive as i have no money, so never bought itI've been using numpadless keyboards for a year. I can type as fast on the top row as I can on a numpad. As for maths, there's no easy way to type formulas and the like, so I don't care about the numbers either...

On a sidenote, how do you type exponents in OS X?

[ribbonthecat]

I'm considering getting a Das (http://www.daskeyboard.com/) keyboard. It looks awesome.

You mean like this?

[viniciusc]

You mean like this?

wow :O never seen that

[gullaa]

wired keyboard

[Rhosfelt]

I have the alu keyboard and I love it! Bests pretty much every other keyboard I have ever used.

and oh how the MBP backlight keyboards look so good when they are black ;)

[Bonsai1214]

not going to lie. i HATE clicky keyboards. like when i visited my cousin's house, he had one way back in the day, and i could never sleep in the next room because all you'd hear was CLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACK

and i wanted to shoot someone

[Montie Da Champ]

diNovo Edge

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2110/2344554754_154352de94_b.jpg

[ill0gical0ne]

not going to lie. i HATE clicky keyboards. like when i visited my cousin's house, he had one way back in the day, and i could never sleep in the next room because all you'd hear was CLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACKCLACK

and i wanted to shoot someone
lol... I hate them because of this, but love them because they're so easy to type on. I find the new aluminum keyboards and the Macbook keyboards (not pro) to be great as well, because they give just enough feedback, and don't look like they're from 1982.

[John.B]

This is currently my favorite keyboard. :D

http://www.sweetwater.com/images/items/750/XK1-large.jpg

About 400 lbs. lighter than the original. ;)

[Jpoon]

I'm considering getting a Das (http://www.daskeyboard.com/) keyboard. It looks awesome.

LOL that's awesome. I'm currently typing on this horrible cheap Logitech, so I might consider getting that. I do a lot of typing for various things, so I guess would help!

[benlangdon]

I've been using numpadless keyboards for a year. I can type as fast on the top row as I can on a numpad. As for maths, there's no easy way to type formulas and the like, so I don't care about the numbers either...

On a sidenote, how do you type exponents in OS X?

like ˆ ?

[biturbomunkie]

http://img31.picoodle.com/img/img31/4/3/8/f_IBMM13m_a5d9204.jpg

every stroke is an orgasm.

[benlangdon]

http://img31.picoodle.com/img/img31/4/3/8/f_IBMM13m_a5d9204.jpg

every stroke is an orgasm.

ya that little joystick mouse thing is nice, on laptops.
way faster than touchpad

ya buy what do you have to do to make it fit your computer, usb adapter? or...

[Mantronix]

Logitech G15 gamer for my Windows machine, alumimun for my new 24" iMac, keyboard for my 8gig iPod touch and Dell 600m keyboard. 4 total. :cool:

[Shotglass]

like ˆ ?No, like square meters or something like that.

[lost eden]

ya that little joystick mouse thing is nice, on laptops.
way faster than touchpad

ya buy what do you have to do to make it fit your computer, usb adapter? or...
Um, try looking at the plugs? (They're PS/2, in case you don't recognise them - one for the keyboard & one for the pointer)

[Shotglass]

Um, try looking at the plugs? (They're PS/2, in case you don't recognise them - one for the keyboard & one for the pointer)Exactly. His question was how to make them fit to the computer. You must assume he believes no one uses PS/2 anymore.

[razorianfly]

well .. it was ... :)

... Plus I wanted to keep the 'wireless' look of my setup.

[benlangdon]

Exactly. His question was how to make them fit to the computer. You must assume he believes no one uses PS/2 anymore.

Um, try looking at the plugs? (They're PS/2, in case you don't recognise them - one for the keyboard & one for the pointer)

ok i know what those plugs do.
i have used them.
but where would i plug that into a computer that does not have those plugs.
jesus christ
you guys think people are retarded or something.
almost no computers these days come with those old plug interfaces



No, like square meters or something like that.

like 2342ˆ2
its like you do on a TI83 calculator

[Shotglass]

like 2342ˆ2
its like you do on a TI83 calculator1. I want the exponent to appear as an exponent
2. I use a TI30.

[Bonsai1214]

i love the bluetooth keyboard. its a sexy beast.

[benlangdon]

1. I want the exponent to appear as an exponent
2. I use a TI30.

no clue how but i do know that if you press alt and any letter or number it will give you most of them and then press alt shift for more.

there is something somewhere which i can not remember but it has all these written down and such

[UMHurricanes34]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2311/2281099870_1322489829_b.jpg

If/When Apple releases a wireless version of the wired keyboard with the number pad, I'll replace this one and use it with my PB (Unless I have a new lappy by then)

[Shotglass]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2311/2281099870_1322489829_b.jpg

If/When Apple releases a wireless version of the wired keyboard with the number pad, I'll replace this one and use it with my PB (Unless I have a new lappy by then)You got a Flickr or something?

[UMHurricanes34]

You got a Flickr or something?

Yarp :)

[benlangdon]

You got a Flickr or something?

whatttttt??????

[thebeephaha]

Yes? I like entering numbers faster than hella slow.

I could not live without my # pad on my Logitech G15 rev2.

[Shotglass]

Yarp :)teh link plzkthx.

[imgeekboy]

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg288/imgeekboy/SN850450.jpg

[benlangdon]

snip

hey do you like the new keyboard style or the macbook pros keys

i always thought the mbp's keys were very nice to type on as i am using them right now

[imgeekboy]

hey do you like the new keyboard style or the macbook pros keys

i always thought the mbp's keys were very nice to type on as i am using them right now

it all depends....i some times like the MBP keyboard and other times i like the wireless

[Sesshi]

Logitech G15 (all gaming PC's)
Microsoft Reclusa (some general purpose PC's)
Microsoft Entertainment Desktop 8000 (all Media Center PC's)
Macally Icekey (all externally keyboarded Macs)
Keysonic ACK5000HL (some docked notebooks and some general purpose PC's - a PC version of the Icekey)
Keysonic ACK540RF (all docked UMPC's - works on Mac too by the way, a candidate if you're looking for a media center keyboard, as relatively hopeless as the Mac is for things like that)
Optimus still to arrive

[Techguy172]

Microsoft 6000

http://www.gigabit.com.au/images/productimages/C6W-00004.jpg

[benlangdon]

it all depends....i some times like the MBP keyboard and other times i like the wireless

well if they were both wireless. as wireless is much nicer

[slieu92]

diNovo Edge

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2110/2344554754_154352de94_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1011/941906952_60ca32f598_d.jpg

hey, how'd you guys get the dinovo edge or any other non-apple keyboard to function comfortably on os x?
must appreciated

[benlangdon]

hey, how'd you guys get the dinovo edge or any other non-apple keyboard to function comfortably on os x?
must appreciated


well...
i plugged it in.

no but really, connect it up and a setup assistant comes up.

[xparaparafreakx]

hey, how'd you guys get the dinovo edge or any other non-apple keyboard to function comfortably on os x?
must appreciated

To get the extra stuff to work, http://5thirtyone.com/archives/751.

[Malfoy]

http://www.striber.dk/dinovo/dinovo.jpg

The only keyboard I use. I have a BT one i use on windows. The RF one pictured above I use on mac.

[Balty]

My keyboard....

124826

[SchneiderMan]

lol

[toolbox]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1011/941906952_60ca32f598_d.jpg

That is one nice piece of keyboard, i bought mine about 3 months ago absolutely awesome

[bimmerchop]

http://www.timnosenzo.com/photos/177882891-L.jpg
Wow thats like mine!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2346/1519498456_cf732fb124.jpg\

<3 MBP Backlit.

Add me to the list lol

http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/9130/keysqq8.jpg

[iJesus]

What? You don't like the look of the old Apple Keyboard?
lol, I keep my Pro Keyboard next to my desk at all times =)

(Photos taken with iPhone)

[mikenike192]

Microsoft 6000


How do you like that keyboard, i saw it at compusa one day and thought it looked pretty nice with slim keys, but then saw poor reviews on newegg. What is your experience with it

[salvatore]

http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/images/kb_adv-blk720x471.jpg
Kinesis Advantage USB (http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/)

[Soma 115]

http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/images/kb_adv-blk720x471.jpg
Kinesis Advantage USB (http://www.kinesis-ergo.com/)

That is one sick keyboard!

[bc008]

http://i37.tinypic.com/34pc00z.jpg
http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keyboards/keyboard_mice_combos/devices/145&cl=us,en

i didnt even have to set any of the media buttons, just plugged it in and they all work :)