{"id":1532,"date":"2010-09-22T09:52:15","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T17:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=1532"},"modified":"2010-09-27T09:59:56","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T17:59:56","slug":"3-reasons-to-stay-away-from-apple-wireless-keyboard-aluminum-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mhvt.net\/?p=1532","title":{"rendered":"3 Reasons to Stay Away from Apple Wireless Keyboard (Aluminum Model)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWhen it comes to designing computer peripheral products, Apple, Inc.<\/strong> has been doing a horrible job for the past 7 years, at least. Apple seems to care less about their functions. Take the computer Mouse as an example. How long did it take Apple to come up with a 2-button computer Mouse after adopting USB? It seems that the first Mac computer with USB appeared in 1998. And Apple finally introduced a USB-connected 2-button Mouse called Apple Mighty Mouse<\/strong> in 2005. That doesn’t mean Mac-compatible 2-button Mice weren’t available through 2005. In fact, I bought a USB-connected 2-button Mouse from Ariston Technologies<\/strong> in the spring of 1999. (See Screenshot 1.)
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\nApple’s computer Mice are bad except Apple Magic Mouse<\/strong>, which was first introduced in the fall of 2009. So are Apple’s keyboards. The worst type of models prevailed for the first half of 2000’s. This type of keyboards has a transparent outer cover<\/strike> frame, and the keys sink far down such that every keystroke make a terrible, large, awkward noise. (See Screenshot 2.) Unlucky to me, I have two of them.
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\nApple introduced Apple Wireless Keyboard<\/strong> (aluminum model) in the fall of 2009. (See Screenshot 3.) I call it Apple Wireless Kidboard. Many important keys have been removed, so only kids will find it adequate.  
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\n1. Graphic Designers should hate Apple Wireless Keyboard because it doesn’t have a numerical keypad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why is a numerical keypad important to graphic designers? That’s because they often use Command plus + and Command plus – for zoom in and zoom out, respectively. These two shortcut keys are industry-standard. Adobe’s software products including Photoshop<\/strong>, Fireworks<\/strong> and Illustrator<\/strong> use them, and Apple’s Preview<\/strong> uses them, too. (See Screenshot 4-5.) Even QuickTimeX<\/strong> uses them. Without a numerical keypad, some international keyboards won’t give users access to + and – unless they hold down the Shift key.
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\n2. Accountants should hate Apple Wireless Keyboard because it doesn’t have a numerical keypad.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Why is a numerical keypad important to accountants? All numerical keypads out there have a small dot (See Screenshot 6) just as you find one on F and J keys. They use this dot to see where their fingers are. And they won’t be able to punch in numbers without it quickly. What, does Apple really expect accountants to use those numerical keys below function keys?
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\n3. Writers should hate Apple Wireless Keyboard because they have no access to Home key, End key, Delete key and others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apple Wireless Keyboard has a key labeled ‘delete’ right above the Return key. But this Delete key actually functions as a Backspace key. They aren’t the same. Software programmers also need both Backspace and Delete keys. Those who use TextEdit<\/strong>, Microsoft Word<\/strong> and web browsers could use Home, End, Page up and Page down keys to move to the top or the bottom of the page.
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\nSo what can Mac users do to supplement those missing keys? Fortunately, Apple still sells a USB-connected keyboard with a numerical keypad. You can find it by asking Google about MB110<\/strong>. Some other online computer stores still should have it. The truth is that it’s not easy to find Mac-compatible keyboards. One way of finding Mac-compatible keyboards is go to the websites of online stores that only sell Mac products like MacMall<\/strong> and MacZone<\/strong>. You don’t have to buy one from them. At least, you can get product names.
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Apple Keyboard – Wikipedia<\/a>
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