New, little bluetooth keyboard from Apple: more useful than it might appear
Garrett Murray over at Maniacal Rage posts about Strange Movements on the new Apple wireless keyboard:
The new keyboard looks like it was meant to be a laptop keyboard (it functions nearly identically to the current MB and MBP boards), which doesn’t make much sense. How frequently are people adjusting brightness (dedicated special function keys F1 and F2) on a desktop? I’d guess very rarely.
I think he misses the point — Apple correctly surmises that most desktop users will use the wired keyboard. Those users want the lower price, handy built-in USB port, and even the larger footprint with a number pad and directional island. The wireless model is likely targeted at notebook users:
Demand for MacBooks and MacBook Pros during the quarter was exceptional. Notebook sales grew 79 percent year-over-year and accounted for 59 Percent of Macs sold during the quarter. — AppleInsider
Notebooks make for the majority of sales, and quite possibly the majority of users. It makes a lot more sense to me that a keyboard intended for notebook users would be designed for portability, and function as much like the notebook keyboard as possible.
Personally, though, I’m excited to pair this wireless keyboard to my Mac Mini — which I use as a media center — for use as the ultimate remote.
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