Apple was a pioneer of the PC market from the very beginning of its existence, and it was she who managed to introduce the graphical interface of the operating system and mouse-type manipulators that are known to every child to the mass market. But, despite the fact that the company continues to be one of the most advanced and innovation-rich corporations in the world, nevertheless, its computer products are not in great demand. It is difficult to say which reason plays a key role here: the price of products or the habit of working with Windows, developed by most PC owners around the world. But with the fact that any product manufactured by an American company boasts a magnificent and thoughtful design, good quality and excellent ergonomics, no one will argue.
Today I would like to talk about such an interesting product as Apple's advanced keyboard, which fell into my hands for testing.
For the first time, Apple introduced the keyboard design in a flat format with MacBook in 2006, since then a lot of time has passed, and, as the market has shown, this design was appreciated by the public. That's why the wired and wireless keyboard of Apple appeared in the product line of the corporation.
Letβs see what the novelty is so interested in. At first glance at it, the Apple keyboard looks like a flattened pancake with huge, deep-seated keys, between which, however, there is enough space to exclude accidental keystrokes.
The non-standard flat surface of the buttons increases the spot of finger contact with them, and this solution also provides a significant reduction in the number of accidental or erroneous clicks. When you have to type long text at maximum speed, tiredness comes much later than on conventional keyboards.
Also, the Apple keyboard makes a quieter sound when pressed, a trifle, of course, but nice.
An interesting solution with minimal gaps between the case and the buttons resulted in a complete absence of dust and dirt under the keys and on their sides, which is so annoying in conventional devices. If we are talking about cleanliness, we should also mention the fact that when wiping the Apple keyboard behaves in a very interesting way. The keys are flush with the body, and a smooth surface forms that is easy to wipe clean. As a result, the buttons themselves, and the button space, and the case become virgin. Compare this effect with the torment when cleaning ordinary keyboards, which sometimes have to be completely disassembled just to get to the dirt.
And how will the Apple keyboard behave if you connect it to a computer running Windows? Surprisingly, it will work, however, there are nuances. If you simply connect it to a PC and do not bother installing drivers, those who are used to the standard layout will feel uncomfortable, since the Apple keyboard is deprived of some of the usual Windows buttons, and the other buttons are not located exactly in those places we are used to. For example, the Ctrl and Alt keys will be located next to it, and the Windows button next to the space bar.
Some keys are simply missing as unnecessary (PrintScrn, Pause / Break). Nevertheless, it is still possible to work, but why, if there are drivers with which you can easily eliminate all these shortcomings. After installing the keyboard driver, which is included, but also easily searched on the network, all multimedia keys will work as expected, the lower keys (Ctrl, Alt, WinKey) will be redefined in the usual order, and the missing buttons will be assigned to additional function keys.
In general, the device turned out to be very interesting both for users of OS X and for Windows fans, and I think that the future lies precisely with such keyboards.