Re: Apple Keyboard Rates #1

2011-02-03 Thread Peter da Silva
Random aside/bragging. I just found my old AT-connector Ortek/Adesso MCK-84 keyboard. Best keyboard I ever owned. It seems to still work. I just checked... these are going on eBay for $160 or more. Crazy stuff.

Re: Apple Keyboard Rates #1

2011-02-02 Thread Yoz Grahame
On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:47 AM, Peter da Silva wrote: > > The truly mind-boggling thing is not that the Apple keyboard came top, = > > but that there are nine keyboards that are even worse than it, and many = > > unreviewed keyboards that weren't even as good as those ten. > > Most of them have l

Re: Apple Keyboard Rates #1

2011-02-01 Thread Walt Mankowski
On Tue, Feb 01, 2011 at 03:50:52PM +, David Cantrell wrote: > On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:03:12PM +, Peter Corlett wrote: > > > The truly mind-boggling thing is not that the Apple keyboard came top, but > > that there are nine keyboards that are even worse than it, and many > > unreviewed

Re: Apple Keyboard Rates #1

2011-02-01 Thread David Cantrell
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:03:12PM +, Peter Corlett wrote: > The truly mind-boggling thing is not that the Apple keyboard came top, but > that there are nine keyboards that are even worse than it, and many > unreviewed keyboards that weren't even as good as those ten. I don't think they're

Re: Apple Keyboard Rates #1

2011-02-01 Thread Peter da Silva
> The truly mind-boggling thing is not that the Apple keyboard came top, = > but that there are nine keyboards that are even worse than it, and many = > unreviewed keyboards that weren't even as good as those ten. Most of them have laptop or chicklet style keys. If you're going to have a full size

Re: Apple Keyboard Rates #1

2011-01-31 Thread Tony Finch
I have to admit that I prefer the current Apple small format US layout keyboards to my old Happy Hacking keyboards. The low profile and short travel are nice. But I speak as a bad typist... Also, Magic Trackpad is magic. Though mine has been complaining about its batteries for a week now, thou

Re: Apple Keyboard Rates #1

2011-01-31 Thread Peter Corlett
On 31 Jan 2011, at 22:31, Numien wrote: I know, I know... this is hates-software, hates-hardware is down the hall and hates-reporters is on the 3rd floor. But since this topic was discussed here not too long ago, and even the most avid fanbois among us seemed to agree that Apple keyboards are

Re: Apple Keyboard Rates #1

2011-01-31 Thread Joshua Juran
On Jan 31, 2011, at 2:40 PM, Yoz Grahame wrote: On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Numien wrote: I know, I know... this is hates-software, hates-hardware is down the hall and hates-reporters is on the 3rd floor. Caps Lock management counts as software, even if the save-you-from- yourself log

Re: Apple Keyboard Rates #1

2011-01-31 Thread Yoz Grahame
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Numien wrote: > I know, I know... this is hates-software, hates-hardware is down the hall > and hates-reporters is on the 3rd floor. But since this topic was discussed > here not too long ago, and even the most avid fanbois among us seemed to > agree that Apple ke