I don't know if anyones mentioned this, but Apple's 'logic' behind the smaller BT version was for the reason that it could be better used while on someone's lap. That's assuming that a majority of people with BT devices use them in their lap while leaning back in their chair (it's weird using it while sitting upright), which is completely RETARDED as the mouse still needs to be used on the desk (unless you have a gyro-mouse, or use it on your thigh which is "super productive", and Apple doesn't make those so they don't exist to them--thighs or gyro-mice) negating the entire lap-keyboard concept as one would need to keep moving back and forth to use both.
Furthermore, who is most likely to purchase a wireless mouse/keyboard? What does Apple sell the most of? That's right, notebooks. Why the hell would someone want to have something that is inherently wireless and be forced to add (through Apple) a wireless device to have something as simple as a number-pad? Why get Apple's wireless keyboard at all if you have one of their notebooks to only get the exact same keyboard your MacBook already has?
Also, if you're like me, which you're not cause I'm completely out of my mind and horribly cynical, you would have noticed that Apple's wired keyboard has something like a two/three foot long cable, which is fine for the desktops if they sit right next to you, and if you don't have the little desk-keyboard-drawer-pullout-thingy (that's the scientific term for it).
So here's the point, what the **** are they thinking with a tiny version of a keyboard, which doesn't have a cable long enough to reach someone's lap in the first place (No I haven't seen the length of the cable, but I would bet my life on it being the same)? What could possibly be their reason for this? To save people from themselves and from clutter by freeing up an extra 5 inches on their desk? Edit: Also, have you noticed that Apple's USB extension cable only works with Apple made USB devices? Yes, it has a notch built into the female end, of which all of Apple's USB male ends have a corresponding grove built into them. How pathetic is that?
Who were the ad wizards that came up with that ultra-****ing-stupid idea? And while I do know it's an opt-out option, the point is why create something like this that has no market or no purpose of being in existence in the first place? Apple is either losing their ****ing mind and completely out of touch with their true user base or is doing their typical, "you didn't realize you wanted it or needed this until we tricked you into getting it", and is slowly and pruposefully niche-ing themselves out of existence.
It starts with the keyboard size, then ends with the MacBook Wheel, an entire lineup of machines with integrated graphics cards with 16 USB ports each, and 2 Ultra-Pin-Micro Display Ports which require three adapters to get to DVI.
Another Edit: I feel like Apple is a microcosm of movie Idiocracy with their new lineups this season, and will soon ship their machines with Mountain Dew logos and start claiming that their computers are what people need cause "it's got gigahertz", or something equally and fantastically ridiculous.
is still the default on Mac Pros.
