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I currently have a white 17 inch imac with mighty mouse and white keyboard. And I have a few questions about upgrading to the new alu keyboard. Cause I'm not so sure whether I really need it or not. I've been thinking about the issue for a while now. Yes I have played with the new keyboard but I'd still like a few questions answered by some of the experts here.
1. Is the new keyboard easy to clean? And how do you clean the gunk out of underneath of the keys, cause to me it would seem rather hard to remove the keys to do so.
2. Is the keyboard quieter than the old white imac one? As in when after a hard day at work do you notice the notice of your fingers pounding on the keys to use them? Cause for me in the white keyboard, there is rather a lot of noise when using the keyboard. Like tap, tap, tap everytime you hit a key and the taps are rather noisy for me as I'm a rather fast typer. And is the tap, tap of using the new keybuard annoying when compared ot the white one, or do you just use it and never notice something such as this?
3. How long does it take to get used to or feel comfortable with the keyboard with everyday use? As I used it at the store and felt really foreign to me. And are the angle of the board itself and the key spacings an issue at all? Would this new design actually reduce things like RSI?
4. Will the new keyboard function ok in bootcamp? As supposedly I have heard the function keys conflict as apple use them for sound up and down and other things too.
5. I don't use the usb ports on my white keyboard, well only the one to hook it to my imac. But in the new mac, do the usb ports have enough power to do things like sync ipods or would I have to continue to use the ports on my imac itself as I do now?
6. Will it look out of place with my white imac and mighty mouse? As to me having all 3 in white look rather nifty.
7. Is it actually worth it in your opinion to swap over?
8. Would the old white keyboard work fine if attached to a G3 imac running 10.3?
9. Does the new alu keyboard come with the Keyboard software update thing required on a cd or do you have to download it through software update?
10. Is there a little raised dot of the f and j keys as there is on the white keyboard? I'm asking this cause for me it's a good way to know if my fingers are centred on the keyboard. If not is there another way to tell if your fingers are centred on the keyboard?
11. Does the keys always register your press on the new keyboard? As I've heard if you press really lightly, they can be pressed not not register as a keystroke on the mac, ise pressed key but no letter on your screen. Is this true of the new keyboard?
12. This doesn't affect me but I'd like to know do you require an intel mac to use the USB 2 port on the keyboard. I've heard PPC machines won't recognise it. Is this true?
13. How long is the USB cable with it? Long enough to attach to an imac sufficiently without leaving lots of cord hanging somewhere?
14. Are there drivers I'll need for the new keyboard to work in XP? And where would one obtain these?
15. Can I shove a USB stick into the new keyboard and it be recognised on my white imac. I heard only the alum imacs will recognise this. Is that true? Maybe it's something to the fact it supports only 100 mA devices where my white keyboard can support 500 mA sevices. I dunno how true this is though.
Thanks so much. And sorry for all the questions. I'm just so undecided if the upgrade is really worth the money or not but hopefully a few answers here will help me out.
1. Is the new keyboard easy to clean? And how do you clean the gunk out of underneath of the keys, cause to me it would seem rather hard to remove the keys to do so.
2. Is the keyboard quieter than the old white imac one? As in when after a hard day at work do you notice the notice of your fingers pounding on the keys to use them? Cause for me in the white keyboard, there is rather a lot of noise when using the keyboard. Like tap, tap, tap everytime you hit a key and the taps are rather noisy for me as I'm a rather fast typer. And is the tap, tap of using the new keybuard annoying when compared ot the white one, or do you just use it and never notice something such as this?
3. How long does it take to get used to or feel comfortable with the keyboard with everyday use? As I used it at the store and felt really foreign to me. And are the angle of the board itself and the key spacings an issue at all? Would this new design actually reduce things like RSI?
4. Will the new keyboard function ok in bootcamp? As supposedly I have heard the function keys conflict as apple use them for sound up and down and other things too.
5. I don't use the usb ports on my white keyboard, well only the one to hook it to my imac. But in the new mac, do the usb ports have enough power to do things like sync ipods or would I have to continue to use the ports on my imac itself as I do now?
6. Will it look out of place with my white imac and mighty mouse? As to me having all 3 in white look rather nifty.
7. Is it actually worth it in your opinion to swap over?
8. Would the old white keyboard work fine if attached to a G3 imac running 10.3?
9. Does the new alu keyboard come with the Keyboard software update thing required on a cd or do you have to download it through software update?
10. Is there a little raised dot of the f and j keys as there is on the white keyboard? I'm asking this cause for me it's a good way to know if my fingers are centred on the keyboard. If not is there another way to tell if your fingers are centred on the keyboard?
11. Does the keys always register your press on the new keyboard? As I've heard if you press really lightly, they can be pressed not not register as a keystroke on the mac, ise pressed key but no letter on your screen. Is this true of the new keyboard?
12. This doesn't affect me but I'd like to know do you require an intel mac to use the USB 2 port on the keyboard. I've heard PPC machines won't recognise it. Is this true?
13. How long is the USB cable with it? Long enough to attach to an imac sufficiently without leaving lots of cord hanging somewhere?
14. Are there drivers I'll need for the new keyboard to work in XP? And where would one obtain these?
15. Can I shove a USB stick into the new keyboard and it be recognised on my white imac. I heard only the alum imacs will recognise this. Is that true? Maybe it's something to the fact it supports only 100 mA devices where my white keyboard can support 500 mA sevices. I dunno how true this is though.
Thanks so much. And sorry for all the questions. I'm just so undecided if the upgrade is really worth the money or not but hopefully a few answers here will help me out.