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Apple Quietly Refreshes Magic Keyboards

nebojsak said:
Except that the battery in the MX Keys lasts almost half as long as the one in the Apple keyboard.

I'm used to touch typing, so backlit keyboard is of no use for me really. And for those who want it - Logitech is much cheaper, have all the features you need... I see no problem, just get it.
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Not really a fair comparison to compare battery lives under the assumption that backlights are on at all times on MX Keys lol. MX keys has longer battery life without backlight on. It’s not like most people type in darkness at all times, the backlighting automatically dims and turns off when you don’t need it. And you can also adjust it/ turn it off manually.
 
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DMG35 said:
Its comical at this point that Apple doesn't include backlighting in their keyboards. They are great to type on but a hard no without the backlighting (for me at least).
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Never had a use for backlighting. Most of us dont type in the dark
 
ProTruckDriver said:
When you get old and your eyesight starts going downhill you'll be looking for backlighting and you'll use it with all the lights on in the room. 😀
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transmaster said:
Why would anyone want one of the crappiest keyboards in the world when you can get a Keychron Slim Keyboard with mechanical hot switches, and RGB for far less money.


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Because not everyone is a fan of mechanical keyboards. Like me.

That being said, MX Keys ticks all the boxes for the flat keyboard for those who don't like Apple one, so I'm not sure why aren't they all buying it (for the fraction of the price) instead of non stop complaining.
 
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transmaster said:
Why would anyone want one of the crappiest keyboards in the world when you can get a Keychron Slim Keyboard with mechanical hot switches, and RGB for far less money.


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For me it's because I switch between docked and un-docked all the time and I don't want a wildly different experience when I do that switch.

For others I have also seen the mention of TouchID.

Those Keychrons are nice though. I have tried one in the past. 👍
 
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turbineseaplane said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2093631091672334592
For me it's because I switch between docked and un-docked all the time and I don't want a wildly different experience when I do that switch.
For others I have also seen the mention of TouchID.

Those Keychrons are nice though. I have tried one in the past. 👍
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I am very picky with keyboards. I am a 65+ word a minute typist. I started with the still wonderful IBM model M keyboards. It is that tackile feeling that is so lacking on non-mechanical keyboards. This is the main reason why I am not a fan of laptops, I don't like their keyboards. But I can pair the Keychrons with My iPad M4 Pro and have my cake and eat it too.
 
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turbineseaplane said:
For me it's because I switch between docked and un-docked all the time and I don't want a wildly different experience when I do that switch.

For others I have also seen the mention of TouchID.

Those Keychrons are nice though. I have tried one in the past. 👍
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Now there is a valid point about the Apple Keyboard is the touchID function. There really isn't and good touch ID's for Apple. TinyTouch will be out in September. But for me my Apple Watch takes care of signing into my Mac.
 
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When I was in highschool around 1968 secretarial sciences was a required course. The use of adding machines, learning to type even how to throw paper away, don't crumple it lay is flat in the waste can you can get more paper in it that way. At the time I did not appreciate how important being able to type was.
 
turbineseaplane said:
I learned to type with PAWS on Apple IIe

(since I was on a IIe, it was B&W -- this screenshot is what it would have been like on a IIgs)

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If you want to get back the white plastic coloring submerge the plastic covers in industrial strength H2O2 under a strong UV light this will bleach the plastic back to white. It is the Boron used in this plastic that causes in to yellow.
 
I always find it fascinating when people say they prefer long-throw mechanical keyboards for "all-day typing."

I used to swear by my old Apple Extended Keyboard II. But since using the short-throw keyboards on Apple laptops for 20+ years, I find those long-key-travel mechanical keyboards to be exhausting to type on.

I love the Apple Magic Keyboard key feel, and moreover, I like having consistent feel whether I'm on my laptop or if I have it docked at my desk and I'm using an external keyboard and trackpad.
 
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hybrid_x said:
I always find it fascinating when people say they prefer long-throw mechanical keyboards for "all-day typing."

I used to swear by my old Apple Extended Keyboard II. But since using the short-throw keyboards on Apple laptops for 20+ years, I find those long-key-travel mechanical keyboards to be exhausting to type on.

I love the Apple Magic Keyboard key feel, and moreover, I like having consistent feel whether I'm on my laptop or if I have it docked at my desk and I'm using an external keyboard and trackpad.
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My 18 yr old loves mechanical. My retort to him is that I grew up with that as the only option. Now that shorter travel exists it's just superior since you can type faster, quieter, and longer.
 
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Low-profile mechanical may be the perfect balance between both types of keyboards.

Several years ago I dove into mechanical keyboards, not the real deep end but not the kiddie pool either. Deep enough to spend maybe a couple grand on it in 3+ years. Mostly standard height(tall) because standard height offers waaaaaaaay more options as far as everything: keyboards, switches and especially custom keycaps. Customizing is fun but I never fully fell in love with the "old-school" height, necessitating need for wrist rests/pads, nor the full-throw depth of the switches. I think I've done enough customization(and spent enough money) on various boards that I can, for most part, leave standard height mechanical keyboards behind, besides the ones I already own, and make the permanent switch to low-profile mechanical or maybe even back to scissor-switch/rubber dome keyboards. Touch ID could be the one feature that could make that happen for me. But I think I'll wait Apple out for another year or three for backlighting and an option for black keycaps on the smaller keyboard, or if Logitech somehow gets permission to add Touch ID to it's keyboards.

The customization options for low-profile seem to be slowly growing, so that could keep me in that world for awhile longer.
 
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The reason why I like the Mechanicals harkens to were I started, mechanical type writers. For years I had an Underwood portable typewriter. Many college term papers originated from that machine. The key travel had to be close to an inch. You got used to this travel plus you actually rested your fingers on the key even pushing them just a bit. When IBM came out with their Selectric type writers they were very careful to retain the mechanical feel. Finishing with the finest manual typewriter ever made the Selectric II. and III. The sound and feel typing on the final “thimble” machines was almost erotic. IBM with their Type M computer keyboards worked very hard to maintain as much of the Selectric feel as possible. If you professionally used a typewriter all of those years ago so many things where written into the bodies firmware.


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