Apple Aluminum Wired Keyboard MB110LL/A

When apple announced the new keyboards, I was excited, and mad. I was excited at this keyboard, the wired version, and was upset about the wireless, as it was not a full keyboard. The older model was fantastic, so I kept my wireless bluetooth, and bought a few spares before they went out of stock.I recently bought a new macbook pro, and got this keyboard to accompany it (opposed to my wireless, or my wired saitek eclipse). This keyboard is very thin, very beautiful, and super sexy.The design matches my macbook pro perfectly. It has 2 usb ports, so I can hook up my mouse, and tablet with ease with this keyboard.The keys have this amazing texture, which I cant explain, you will notice it when you type. It is the kind of thing that makes you happy to have an apple product.I use this keyboard in OSX and in VISTA. No problems, and with bootcamp drivers everything works the way you want (with exception to the eject key).In System Preferences in Leopard, you can turn off the annoying feature that stops you from using the f9 keys. I run maya and photoshop, and have custom short cuts I use that use these keys with modifiers, and to use them, I have to turn off the auto functions, and remap OSX's shortcuts (I use command + option + control + the f key as I do not have this mapped in my software programs)I also have special short cuts for spaces that I use with this keyboard.This keyboard comes with a small cable, and has an extension that makes it bigger. This is fantastic. I use the regular cable when I'm using the keyboard with my laptop, and I add the extension when I have it hooked up to an external monitor.I keep my mouse plugged into the keyboard (I use a logitech g9 as I find it far superior to the Mighty Mouse), this saves me from running another long cord across the room, and saves a USB port.The keyboard is very functional, nice to type with, perfectly laid out, very thin and portable. Matches my macbook pro (the white keys are the same as the white apple, and the base color is the same as the color of the laptop), I keep the keyboard in the box when I transport it as the box is also small.You need this version so you can have all the keys, a full number pad, and a more spacious design. It fits on my lap, and I use it all the time. I even play games with it.If you get the wireless version, you will have problems installing OS X and or windows. You need a wired version over wireless to go with your computer. I still have my wireless, but It feels very old and clunky after using this for a month. I thought you could not have a better design than Apples Previous wireless keyboard, I was wrong this one is perfect. If they release a full-sized wireless, I will buy it and use it over this (but keep this as you need a wired keyboard for certain functions).The wireless is too limiting, as it is smaller, cramped, and does not have all the features of this keyboard. You would need to get a mighty mouse with the wireless, otherwise you will need to run your mouse cord from your computer to wherever your mouse is, and that could be problematic.Great keyboard, worth the price, I highly recommend. I do not recommend the wireless, it is not worth the extra cash, and I would not buy it if it were cheaper than this keyboard.

This keyboard is wonderful! As someone who uses a laptop a good deal of the time but also does a lot of typing on our two Mac desktops, I was constantly typoing when I would start typing on one of the PREVIOUS Apple desktop keyboards. I have always yearned for something that had more of a quality laptop feel, like my new Mac Book Pro 15" offers.Gone are the clanking, clattering, plastic banging sounds of those traditional keys and the ergonimic adjustment I was constantly being forced to make when I would go from MBP to our iMAC or Mini.This keyboard has a very solid feel to it. The keys are well damped and make hardly any sound when you type on them. This extended model provides me with everything I had before in terms of keys, PLUS Apple has added the same MODE control keys found on their current laptops. Keys such as brightness up and down, Expose, Dashboard, Play, Pause, FastForward, Rewind etc.My only complaint about this extended model is that they MOVED the function key from the bottom left corner to below the F13 key which is on the other side of the keyboard! I can no longer hold the function key down with the thumb of my left hand while hitting the F1 through F6 keys with my left index finger. The smaller version does not have this change. The FN key is in the lower left hand corner where it should be. This has taken some getting use to, and I was forced to remap my Expose hot keys from F1-F3 to F16-F18. They are still on the right side, but because they are dedicated, the FN key is not needed to use them. I would have preferred having the FN key where it should be, but as I said, that is my only complaint.I also purchased the smaller version of this keyboard for use on my Mac Mini. That really helped reduce the cramped desktop space in front of the 21" display, because I am using a very narrow end table to hold the display with the keyboard and mouse directly in front of it When using the standard keyboard, it had to hang off the left edgeof the table because it wouldn't fit on this table with any room left on the right for a mouse pad. Now with that little version of this keyboard, there is plenty of room to spare, and the beautiful design of these keyboards makes the whole workspace look more classy!I don't understand the negative comments I have read on here about this or the other version of this keyboard. This new feel obviously takes some getting use to, but there really is no comparison between this new design and the old standard style keyboard Apple previously offered.The most amazing thing of all is the PRICE! This thing is worth every penny of $[...] bucks! Heck, I would have paid more if I had to!With Amazon's great return policy, you really have nothing to lose by trying one out for yourself.

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This is my second wired apple keyboard and it is one of the best keyboards around. It comes with two USB ports, keys are spaced perfectly apart, the number pad is extremely handy and key strokes are comfortably firm. This keyboard is best suited for Mac OS. My first apple keyboard purchased 2 years ago is going strong and I use it with a MBP. The only draw back is that the white keys tend to become quite dirty.

本体アルミ基盤に歪みがある。USB接続ケーブルのキーボード付け根が破損寸前である。