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Apple Wireless Keyboard Now Ships in 1-2 Weeks, New Backlit Model Possible

1080p said:
This is better:

Logitech K750 Wireless Solar Keyboard for Mac


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That's bigger than my desk.

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rekhyt said:
Bup bup bup!

Redesigned Mac Mini coming in June with OS X 10.11 (or OS XI 11.0).
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Speaking of mini. My father needs to get a new one probably before summer. But that's not the main issue. Anyone know of any good HiDPI displays, no larger than 24"? I want him to be able to use his mac with a retina display, but don't know anything about external displays since I only use a MBP. Looking for something on the low end of price scale, but good quality.

Sorry to go off topic, but a link to a good product will suffice.
 
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They better not adopt the new MacBook feel/profile.

It is really hard to type on. I'm sure I would get use to it, but most will prefer the current feel.
 
I run Hackintosh, so when I need to access the BIOS or other motherboard functions, there is no Bluetooth support outside of a booted OS. So the proprietary dongle is actually a blessing for me, since the motherboard itself doesn't know that it isn't a wired keyboard.
 
1080p said:
I run Hackintosh, so when I need to access the BIOS or other motherboard functions, there is no Bluetooth support outside of a booted OS. So the proprietary dongle is actually a blessing for me, since the motherboard itself doesn't know that it isn't a wired keyboard.
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So, there is a(other) reason why you need a real Mac, it recognises bluetooth right from startup. :p
 
furi0usbee said:
Also, I've been emailing Tim Cook for the longest time to give us glass keys on MBP. I have a $2k beautiful 15" rMBP and 99% of the interaction I have with it comes by way of cheap plastic keys. Just think how nice glass keys would feel on your fingertips?

When I look at my MBP I only want to see aluminum and glass... everywhere. And I certainly don't want to touch plastic.
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Neat idea, but wouldn't the glass add weight?

Also, why bother the very busy CEO of a huge company with your ideas when they provide official feedback forms here? Use them.
 
snorkelman said:
I actually lean the other way - if I'm stuck with a crappy modern laptop keyboard on my mac book I find I'd rather use the same on the desktop - least that way when I swap from one to the other I don't need to adjust to radically different key travels and feel.

That said I can def see where you're coming from - perhaps a nice full travel extended wireless keyboard for those that want decent keys like the keyboards of old, with the macbook style one for those of us who want consistency between desktop and portable (even if that's just consistently sucky lol).

Course with the retina macbook having a redesigned keyboard all of its own, they'd need a different desktop equivalent for that too :(
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A "full travel extended keyboard"? At that rate (full travel), in order to get around all the hassles of differentiating between Bluetooth and USB dongles, you might just as well simulate the wireless connection with a cable! The idea here is *small*, *sleek*, and seksi. Independent. Free.

Seriously, though, although the world was not in fact flat in the 1500s, it's turning that way now. ;p

I hate using the work-authorized ("imposed") Dell Precision M4600 away from my desk. At the desk, fine, lock and dock it with the blade connector and use the keyboard that is in my ergonomic workspace. The "windows" mouse is somewhat ergonomically attached (there could be improvements.), and I admit that I grew to like the left-click, right-click, and scroll wheel solution, in spite of my desire to remain a one-button purist. I wish my hand-carry mouse were Bluetooth, though, and I wish the Plantronics speaker-hub would "dock" for communication over the "charging wire" - or even run on Bluetooth. The M4600 is like 1.5" thick from a flat table, so your hands are practically up by your ears, and the keyboard feels terribly inaccurate. It's clear that these WinDell ecosystem parts were not made to play well together! (The best news in all of this is that I get a new laptop in a couple weeks (still not a Mac >|, but newer). I think I'll lose like two pounds in the process.)

I get the benefit of full travel and weighting in, say, a piano keyboard, but in a data entry keyboard, no way.
 
lugesm said:
Quote: Hoping for a Magic Trackpad with Force Touch. A big problem with with the Magic Trackpad is that it's very difficult to use it on non-flat surfaces - Force Touch solves this.

I, too, am hoping for such a product. It is a natural extension of the new technology that would reach most iMac and Mac-Mini users.
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Have you tried going to settings, trackpad, and enable tap to click? That solves your problem with the trackpad and non-flat surfaces. Been using my Magic Trackpad with my Mac mini since day one with tap to click on, works great I no longer have to click down I simply just tap.
 
pickaxe said:
Hoping for a Magic Trackpad with Force Touch. A big problem with with the Magic Trackpad is that it's very difficult to use it on non-flat surfaces - Force Touch solves this.
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Force Touch on the Bluetooth Trackpad seems like a logical progression. No doubt we'll see that soon.
 
coolfactor said:
Neat idea, but wouldn't the glass add weight?

Also, why bother the very busy CEO of a huge company with your ideas when they provide official feedback forms here? Use them.
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No, I pay very good money for my Apple products. I go right to the top. If sapphire, the actual glass could be very thin. Even a thin layer of glass on top of a lightweight plastic. As long as I don't have to touch plastic.

Keeping cheap plastic to save a few ounces doesn't work for me. I'll take the extra ounces to ditch the plastic.
 
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Wouldn't it make more sense to have black keys that are backlit? The current backlit keys are good in a dark room, but not so much in a dim room. The lighting would show better with black keys.
 
djtech42 said:
New design similar to new Macbook keyboard coming?
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I really hope so!

patseguin said:
I wonder what the chances are of Apple designing a backlight keyboard with an integrated touchpad. I have an external keyboard and trackpad that I use for 99% of my work on my MBP. It would be a great living room peripheral too.
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I would really like that too.

Especially with the new butterfly mechanism keys, individual key backlighting, and Force Trackpad like the new 12" Retina MacBook has:

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farewelwilliams said:
I'm actually looking for a keyboard + trackpad that mimics a macbook but for a Mac Mini/Mac Pro. It's VERY convenient to have a trackpad that's on the same level as the keyboard but under the spacebar. I rarely have to move my right hand to switch between typing on a keyboard and moving the mouse.

This is one of the main reasons why I exclusively work on a Macbook as opposed to getting a mac pro/mac mini.
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I could not agree more! I feel the same way. :D See my reply above.
 
furi0usbee said:
Also, I've been emailing Tim Cook for the longest time to give us glass keys on MBP. I have a $2k beautiful 15" rMBP and 99% of the interaction I have with it comes by way of cheap plastic keys. Just think how nice glass keys would feel on your fingertips?

When I look at my MBP I only want to see aluminum and glass... everywhere. And I certainly don't want to touch plastic.
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Glass keys would scratch a glass screen. Plastic won't.
 
prowlmedia said:
Did that ever exist?

Agree though. I have to have the extended.
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I'm with you entirely, I'd love to see them do a wireless extended version. I do have a wireless keyboard, but I paired it with a trackpad and a Henge Clique Dock. It's only slightly more usable than the wireless by itself (due to the trackpad), so it's connected to my second computer.

I'd love to see them somehow (this is me entering my fantasy-land in Apple) integrate an extended keyboard with the new trackpad, but make it wireless, and offer it in the new colours like the new MacBook.

Short of that, a simple extended wireless is what I want, the small one for use as a home desktop keyboard just doesn't cut it - maybe if you need to travel with it, but at home most people have the space on their desks, so give us the luxury of a keyboard taking advantage of that extra desk space.
 
shurcooL said:
I really hope so!



I would really like that too.

Especially with the new butterfly mechanism keys, individual key backlighting, and Force Trackpad like the new 12" Retina MacBook has:

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An integrated Magic Force Touch trackpad sounds all fine and dandy but not in that form from a Macbook design. Why would you? It's such a waste of space for desktop purposes. The practical reasons for that kind of chassis design is to house lots of batteries underneath that, but we're talking about desktop usage here, not portable usage, so we don't need space for lithium ion batteries.

I think a better solution would just stick the trackpad to the side.
 
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