Maybe that’s a little extreme. If it’s not love, it’s serious committed like. This keyboard is way cooler than I expected it to be.
I really wanted to get the wireless one. I mean, look at the white cord snaking out of this thing, plus the white cord for the mouse. I’d have gotten it if it had a numeric keyboard, but it doesn’t, and I use those keys way too often not to have them.
I borrowed James’ last weekend when I had to transpose a website into Word (don’t ask) and I was struggling with the board I was using. I noticed an immediate speed and accuracy increase. It’s kind of surprising, really. The keys are based on those they use on the MacBooks (but not the MacBook Pros), and I’m not a big fan of laptop keyboards. I usually go for really clacky old-school keys (like those on the Tactile Pro or the old IBM Model M), and these are neither clacky nor old-school. And Apple hasn’t made a decent keyboard since the venerated Apple Extended Keyboard back in the 90s.
Anyway, I was so impressed I bought one this week. It’s been three days of soft-typing bliss. Yes, that’s both geeky and sad.
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oooo, it’s very perty. I know what you mean about the numeric keyboards. It bugs me that this laptop doesn’t have one but I’ll live with it. I don’t use numbers on this as much as you probably do.
cordless one looks sweet tho.
Apparently you don’t lay on your couch and surf like we do here, it’d be a bit hard to do that with an extra keyboard :-)
Well sure I do. That’s what the MacBook Pro that I’m typing on right now is for!
Have it for my Mac Mini. Love it.
i forgot you had like 40 computers there LOL
Don’t forget what the MediaCellar used to look like in the basement days, or as we called it, “Mission Control.” And the wires.
My God, the wires.
Glad to hear wireless is around the corner.
Transpose a website into Word? Oh, hot dog…. you lose ANOTHER bet with James?
Jim
Nah. It’s this client. Their current website has all the text in images, so the search engines have no idea what the content is. I had to sit and type the whole site out so I can put it into HTML the right way.
That sounds like a lot of work. Perhaps they could send you some 18 inch tubing in the shape of your choice. Build one of those vacu-suck tube delivery things for the office, like at Walgreens drive thru.
Perhaps a twisting twin-sized habitrail for my basement…..yes, I can see it now…. all I need now is for you to take on a client that makes giant exercise wheels……..oop — sorry. New Mac keyboard is to die for. Carry on.
Jim