Fantastic. I love the MacBook keyboard. It has a soft touch to it and doesn't hurt your fingers when you write long articles. Also, it'd be less prone to dust and other dirt. The current Apple keyboard looks downright gross after a few weeks.
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New Apple Keyboard Coming With iMac Refresh
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well...if you "strikingly" redesign the iMac - it would make sense to change the keyboard with it 
looking forward to this update...which I have been waiting for to buy
last time the rumours said 24" was going to be released I said "no way"...now the rumour says +24"...hm...a 30" iMac...sounds crazy to me...
looking forward to this update...which I have been waiting for to buy last time the rumours said 24" was going to be released I said "no way"...now the rumour says +24"...hm...a 30" iMac...sounds crazy to me...
me too.. no more waits after the iphone.. just **** realease the keyboard, ipod 6G, new imacs and the new mouse..
you guys think will launch the keyboard only ? what about the mouse ??
well...if you "strikingly" redesign the iMac - it would make sense to change the keyboard with it
last time the rumours said 24" was going to be released I said "no way"...now the rumour says +24"...hm...a 30" iMac...sounds crazy to me...
forget about it man.. no 30" imac... thats im sure.
I would be very happy if Apple did this but more so if they just replaced the whole bit between the number pad and keyboard with a touchscreen for more than just editable buttons. Would be really nicely placed to act as a track pad as well.
I couldn't agree more. I hope the previous rumors of a multi-touch wireless mouse complete this set of peripherals.
im sure i read somewhere a long time ago about a small lcd screen used togehter with a keyboard and a mouse on the macbooks. im sure i read about it.. and saw something on macrumors.com about it.
they will ... fingers crossed.. new mouse and keyboard.. thats what i want..
they will ... fingers crossed.. new mouse and keyboard.. thats what i want..
For some reason the metal look always seemed "cleaner" to me. It will be interesting to see if their are any new options/features (such as back lighting) on the keyboard.
Oh no! I hate my MacBook's keyboard!
Actually, I don't, but I prefer good Apple Keyboard of my iMac.
Actually, I don't, but I prefer good Apple Keyboard of my iMac.
Mice are better than trackpads... always have been, always will be.
If Apple takes a laptop keyboard and calls it a desktop keyboard and jacks the price up another $30 I will send Jobs hate mail. Give me a real desktop keyboard and leave out all of the cute
'Imma techie with no job so I don't care how comfortable my keyboard is, give me touchscreen, and crayon colored buttons'
stuff. The only way I can see Apple innovating the keyboard is to get rid of it completely and replacing it with something else that is more precise, more user friendly, and the same price. Multi touch on a keyboard is for people that are still smoking the iPhone fumes. Trackpads on a desktop keyboards are for young kids that don't remember how much they failed when they did them in the 90's. A keyboard made from laptop parts is worse than the desktop made from laptop parts.
How about a keyboard with more USB ports? How about a backlit desktop keyboard that the gamers use? How about a keyboard that I can just stick in the washing machine to clean? How about a keyboard that doesn't give me carpal tunnel like the MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, Apple Pro Keyboard from the 90's, or every other keyboard in the market except the ugly ergonomic ones that are made of plastic?
Hmm. A keyboard that I can use longer with less painful results... that also looks good next to my computer... sounds like a winner to me.
If Apple takes a laptop keyboard and calls it a desktop keyboard and jacks the price up another $30 I will send Jobs hate mail. Give me a real desktop keyboard and leave out all of the cute
'Imma techie with no job so I don't care how comfortable my keyboard is, give me touchscreen, and crayon colored buttons'
stuff. The only way I can see Apple innovating the keyboard is to get rid of it completely and replacing it with something else that is more precise, more user friendly, and the same price. Multi touch on a keyboard is for people that are still smoking the iPhone fumes. Trackpads on a desktop keyboards are for young kids that don't remember how much they failed when they did them in the 90's. A keyboard made from laptop parts is worse than the desktop made from laptop parts.
How about a keyboard with more USB ports? How about a backlit desktop keyboard that the gamers use? How about a keyboard that I can just stick in the washing machine to clean? How about a keyboard that doesn't give me carpal tunnel like the MacBook, MacBook Pro, iMac, Apple Pro Keyboard from the 90's, or every other keyboard in the market except the ugly ergonomic ones that are made of plastic?
Hmm. A keyboard that I can use longer with less painful results... that also looks good next to my computer... sounds like a winner to me.
nope, new iMac will sports the MigthyKeyboard: the entire keyboard surface is a single button, a touch-sensitive technology under the shell detects which part of the keyboard you're clicking.
PLEASE NO!
Seriously. You couldn't hit 2 buttons at the same time anymore. Goodbye shortcuts.
Still, a mockup of that thing would be cool.
I'm calling bulls**t on this whole iMac rumor. I mean, yes, I believe new iMacs are in the works, but thinner, aluminum, chin-less iMacs are just a minor modification.
This may sound weird but I'd rather have a "thicker" iMac with more style. Just look at the histry of the iMac: First the revolutionary all-in-one egg Mac. They made you say, "How did they do that?!" Then they went to the swivel-neck Mac and again made you say, "How did they do that?!" Then they went to the panel Mac and made you say, "Where did the computer go?! / How did they do that?!" If they were to go to a slimmer, aluminum, chin-less Display Mac, there won't be a "How did they do that" reaction. It'll be more like, "That's it?"
The other part of this is capability: If the iMac keeps getting thinner/smaller, it'll never have more capability than a MacBookPro. Personally, if I am forced to accept the drawback of not being portable, I'd expect a trade-off: more power. That's something that can't come with a slimmer design. While the iMacs of yore were amazingly designed, they were still just one step behind the PowerMac. That's part of what the iMac so astonishing. Today's iMacs are three steps behind the Mac Pro and are only as amazing as the MBP... i.e. not very.
I used to be able to buy an iMac and be a Prosumer. That is no longer true. The iMac needs more power, and I'd be willing to sacrifice thickness for it. It's a desktop anyway! Why are we caring about how small it is?
If the iMac became a lighter-powered convertable. That's right, a desktop-to-portable unit.
There are two ways I could envision this working:
Option A: Give it a "base station" with a nice GPU, HDD, extra RAM, USB ports (for keyboard, mouse and others), optical bay, and a PSU, all sitting on a nice clear acryllic stand. The display detaches (and becomes multi-touch capable (which would obviously not be viable for a 20-24" screen)), the unit complete with mo-board (using integrated graphics), some RAM, 16GB SSD (enough for OSX and some free space), Wi-Fi, and a battery for a good 5 hours of detached life. A good ol' tablet if you will.
Option B: Just a multi-touch detachable display (again, 17" or less), Wi-Fi, and a battery, loaded with enough guts to act as a "remote desktop" interface to the base station.
Out of the two choices, I'd say a bulkier desktop is more likely but I'd love, love, love to have Option B.
mmmmmmmmm detachable display....
Oh, and by the way, I would hunt down and obliterate Johny Ive if he ruined the iMac's keyboard by making it Chicklet-Style. Seriously, there would be a rampage... and then I would buy a 3rd party keyboard.
-Clive
This may sound weird but I'd rather have a "thicker" iMac with more style. Just look at the histry of the iMac: First the revolutionary all-in-one egg Mac. They made you say, "How did they do that?!" Then they went to the swivel-neck Mac and again made you say, "How did they do that?!" Then they went to the panel Mac and made you say, "Where did the computer go?! / How did they do that?!" If they were to go to a slimmer, aluminum, chin-less Display Mac, there won't be a "How did they do that" reaction. It'll be more like, "That's it?"
The other part of this is capability: If the iMac keeps getting thinner/smaller, it'll never have more capability than a MacBookPro. Personally, if I am forced to accept the drawback of not being portable, I'd expect a trade-off: more power. That's something that can't come with a slimmer design. While the iMacs of yore were amazingly designed, they were still just one step behind the PowerMac. That's part of what the iMac so astonishing. Today's iMacs are three steps behind the Mac Pro and are only as amazing as the MBP... i.e. not very.
I used to be able to buy an iMac and be a Prosumer. That is no longer true. The iMac needs more power, and I'd be willing to sacrifice thickness for it. It's a desktop anyway! Why are we caring about how small it is?
I WOULD MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO THIS UNDER ONE CIRCUMSTANCE:
If the iMac became a lighter-powered convertable. That's right, a desktop-to-portable unit.
There are two ways I could envision this working:
Option A: Give it a "base station" with a nice GPU, HDD, extra RAM, USB ports (for keyboard, mouse and others), optical bay, and a PSU, all sitting on a nice clear acryllic stand. The display detaches (and becomes multi-touch capable (which would obviously not be viable for a 20-24" screen)), the unit complete with mo-board (using integrated graphics), some RAM, 16GB SSD (enough for OSX and some free space), Wi-Fi, and a battery for a good 5 hours of detached life. A good ol' tablet if you will.
Option B: Just a multi-touch detachable display (again, 17" or less), Wi-Fi, and a battery, loaded with enough guts to act as a "remote desktop" interface to the base station.
Out of the two choices, I'd say a bulkier desktop is more likely but I'd love, love, love to have Option B.
mmmmmmmmm detachable display....
Oh, and by the way, I would hunt down and obliterate Johny Ive if he ruined the iMac's keyboard by making it Chicklet-Style. Seriously, there would be a rampage... and then I would buy a 3rd party keyboard.
-Clive
It's not documented in the manuals, but you can actually dishwash the current apple keyboards. Just use the program you use for very fragile dishes and your keyboard comes out like new. The traditional way is to pull out all the keys, put them in a cloth bag and put it in the washing machine.
Welcome to Dvorak. I haven't needed an ergo keyboard since switching. Plus I type faster.
Make that switch, ergo won't be as important, and a whole new world of pretty keyboards is opened up to you.
The MB keyboard is ok/borderline satisfactory. But every time I use, I can't help but think of my old 12in PB keyboard. That was the best keyboard I ever used. I also wish Apple would make something like Adesso's combo keyboard/trackpad device. I use Adesso's with my MacMini (the original Apple TV). http://www.adesso.com/products_detail.asp?productid=281
Agreed. But Dvorak seriously rocks on those spit ergo keyboards from Microsoft (yea, I know, but they do make good hardware).
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I hope that the keyboard fits with the aesthetic of the Mac Pro. I don't see the Ive design team coming up with a new design for that anytime soon, seeing as it has a tonne (couldn't resist) of functionality in an arguably still modern looking case.
A knowledgeable source whispered into my ear that the next Apple keyboard will have only one button, to be in style with the mouse, and will be called The Butt_On Keyboard
Really? that's the best news EVER! all these buttons.. waaaa confusing me!!
dswooley, you have the sam macrumors number as me... how do I activate my avatar?
go to the top of the page, click USER CP on the MacRumors Forums menu bar. There should be an edit avatar link on the left. If not, it might take a day or two if you just hit your 500th post.