[Ti] A real world comparison (of keyboards?)

[John Griffin]

> Peter Krug wrote:
>
>
>> On Jun 9, 2005, at 11:48 PM, ~flipper wrote:
>>
>>> And the Apple "Pro" keyboards. I use a 14 dollar compaq board on  
>>> a 7 year old PC at work. it feels terrific compared to the Apple.  
>>> The Apple feels like the keys are sitting in a nice bed of warm  
>>> oatmeal, in comparison.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I agree on the Apple keyboards.  These newest ones are even worse  
>> than the "pro" keyboards that shipped a couple of years ago.  I  
>> love the old ADB extended keyboard II.  In fact, I'm typing on one  
>> right now with an iMate USB adapter.  Coffee stains and all.  It  
>> seems as the laptop keyboards got better and better, the Desktop  
>> keyboards went into a tailspin.

On 10-Jun-05, at 7:48 PM, ~flipper wrote:

> Peter,
>
> Meanwhile, i've wondered about the old Apple Extended IIs...
>
> I've got 4 or 5 Apples, and a Matias (what crappy USB engineering  
> on that thing, whoosh, command-key anomalies, a real dud, except  
> for the great clackety-clack keys, awesome in that regard).
>
> So, have you seen any intermittent oddities with the old board?

This may be an ancient thread within a thread, but it just caught my  
eye. I have been using a Matias Tactile Pro now for well over a year  
and love it. It is just like typing on the old Apple Pro Extended ADB  
that I knew and loved.

What is the crappy USB engineering that you refer to?

I also have an old DataDesk Modular ADB/serial keyboard that has the  
same Alps key switches, but is not quite as noisy. It also has a  
built in trackball. But it doesn’t have the media eject or speaker  
volume keys. I have been thinking of getting a Griffin iMate  
converter, cleaning out the dust and giving it a try again.

jg