[Ti] New Matias keyboard (clackity, clack) on my new Powerbook.

[Gene Steinberg]

On May 14, 2004, at 9:48 AM, John Griffin wrote:

> I just replaced my old MacAlly iMedia keyboard with a Matias Tactile 
> Pro. As
> soon as I started typing, every head in the office and down the hall 
> turned.
> What a racket! It reminds me of the good old days of the 128K Macs and 
> those
> telegraph-style keys. It has the same Alps switches of the old Macs 
> and the
> Mac Pro keyboard rather than the rubber membranes that modern 
> keyboards use.
> This thing is noisy, easy to type on and built like a tank.
>
> And after the initial shock of the sound level (I type with fairly 
> heavy
> fingers) and after closing the door of my office and doing some 
> heavy-duty
> work, I have to conclude that my typos seem to be much fewer and far
> between.
>
> One caveat: this keyboard uses a lot more juice then most keyboards. 
> Because
> of this I found my Kensington Turbo Mouse Pro unable to work when 
> plugged
> into the USB port of the keyboard - so it had to be moved to the back 
> of the
> Monitor.
>
> Jg
>


My reaction is very much the same, but you can type faster, more 
comfortably and end up with less potential for wrist pains at the end 
of a long day. Maybe someone will come up with a "silent switch."



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