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M$ Keyboard (rant)
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microsoft's new keyboardThe keys look exactly like the keyboards on the powerbooks and the mbps. Oh microsoft, when will you ever learn...
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They've already learned quite well where to go for innovation.
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They look nothing like the PowerBook/MacBookPro keys; the shape of the keys is completely different. Also, there are bunches of quite similar-looking keyboards out there already that have keys that don’t look anything like the PB/MBP keys, either.
Keyboards are not exactly the scope where you’d expect mind-blowing originality—to a certain extent, all keyboards look the same. It’s hard to come up with a keyboard design that’s useful and yet has not been done before.
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Hmmmmmmmm...
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I wish somebody would release a keyboard like the PowerBook's.
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Originally Posted by Oisín
They look nothing like the PowerBook/MacBookPro keys; the shape of the keys is completely different.
I'd say the key shape and backlight are very similar. The keyboard shape as a whole differs, though.
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The backlight is similar, that’s true.
But the shape of the keys is very different, I think, for the simple reason that the MS keys have ‘square bevels’, and the PB keys don’t (I’m not sure if that’s an actual way of describing it; I mean that the top, flat part of the keys is square, with four well-defined edges that slope downwards to the bottom of the keyboard, while the PB keys have well-defined lines only on two sides [left and right], and the other two [top and bottom] are soft and slope gradually downwards). That gives the two a very different look, in my eyes.
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In all seriousness ...
Who gives a f*ck? It's not like Apple was the first to come out with the idea of lighting up keyboard keys. Oh, oh ... and do they have a patent on bluish-white light?
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Oisin:
True; the height/flatness seems to be on a similar key (...), though.
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"You rise," he said, "like Aurora."
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Originally Posted by scaught
this thread failed.
In what ?
What did you expect from a thread about M$ keyboards ?
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Originally Posted by what_the_heck
In what ?
What did you expect from a thread about M$ keyboards ?
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jeez, do i have to explain EVERYTHING.
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Originally Posted by scaught
jeez, do i have to explain EVERYTHING.
Yes.
Waiting.
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No less than two Vista logos? 
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Is the slight "v" shape actually more ergonomical, or is it just supposed to look like it is? I'd never buy a keyboard like that as I find them terribly awkward to type with.
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this thread has soiled itself in shame.
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