I still use my A1243 wired 10key keyboard from literally 2007. It has great travel distance and the aluminum is very stiff and well made. All of the wired and wireless apple keyboards since this one feel cheep and flimsy by comparison. I love this thing and you'll have to pry it outta my hands.
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Apple Makes Magic Keyboard With Touch ID Available for Separate Purchase
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Yeah, $200 dollars for just a button to put your finger that’s stupid. Maybe if it was 25 dollars. Maybe.
Space grey please! But I suppose this will be $30 more :'(
I rather have a good gaming keyboard that I can can type on with good key action. If I need to use the finger print reader I can reach over on the MacBook Pro 16 and touch the power button. I Don't use the finger print reader all that much, but I do type a lot. 
If you have an Apple Watch this isn’t needed at all.
Yes they changed the Trackpad & Mouse. The trackpad has more rounded corners and the mouse is also a little more rounded on the edges...
The feel is questionable, in my opinion slightly worse. It also has trouble with unlocking FileVault drives (and recommends disabling it?). The software is buggy and still not running natively on Apple Silicon. Their unifying receiver is still not available with USB-C.
I am not saying the Apple keyboard is magnificent, but “the next best thing” is pretty crummy.
yeah like it has touch ID and it levitates if its battery is over 50%
This is absurdly expensive. For the money, I’d rather pass on Touch ID and pick up a Logitech MX Keys.
The shape is a little different, to match the contours of the keyboard.
That “chunky thing” is the foot of the keyboard. It’s attached. I like the angle it creates and it’s very sturdy.
That’s all? Seems like buying old one on the discount is a good choice.
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I can't believe we have a thread where most of the posts are complaining about an Apple device's price.
Apple has always been expensive. ALWAYS.
This keyboard is frankly a disappointment, but we love for our Apple stuff to match so us obsessive types will have to pony up, as usual.
Thankfully, I'm nary a Mac user anymore and the iPad Pro has FaceID, so I can skip this guy altogether.
Apple has always been expensive. ALWAYS.
This keyboard is frankly a disappointment, but we love for our Apple stuff to match so us obsessive types will have to pony up, as usual.
Thankfully, I'm nary a Mac user anymore and the iPad Pro has FaceID, so I can skip this guy altogether.
Well it's the best magic keyboard ever created in the face of earth.. so there's that.
Carry your flashlight for blackouts though.
Disgusting pricing in my opinion.
Well maybe if the item wasn't an epic troll we would see less crying.
You can always buy a touchID keyboard from someone else. Oh, wait...
LOL people have been upset daily that Apple was not selling the Magic Keyboard with Touch I.D. Apple finally puts it out and now people are complaining about the price. So obvious people just want to bash Apple just because. SMH
As far as we know, yes. Doubtless there are changes in the silicon, etc as well, but these have little impact on users.
You mention nuance yet completely missed mine - citing what prices used to be is meaningless in an inflationary world and gives the image of someone more likely to yell at kids to get off his lawn than the image of someone who understands product evolution and pricing.
Facts:
- The $69 non-extended wireless keyboard introduced in 2003 would be $101.23 today after adjusting for inflation. A newer, functionally equivalent version costs $99 today.
- An extended wireless keyboard didn't appear until mid-2017, priced then at $129. That model remains available today at $129.
- Apple has now released two new keyboards for individual purchase, Touch-ID equipped versions of the prior two, at a $50 premium for the additional functionality.
Yes, you are correct. Product pricing for well differentiated / non-commodity goods is far more a function of consumer willingness to pay than it is a function of cost. Apple is pricing these additional models with an eye to upcharging for the added functionality. Which is another reason your comment of remembering when Apple sold wireless keyboards for $69 is specious at best.
I think many of the commenters here haven't stopped to think that they don't have to buy the TouchID versions of the keyboards if doing so wouldn't be a benefit to them.