[Bart Smastard]

From AppleInsider

Tapping the wizardry of industrial design chief Jonathan Ive and his team, the Cupertino-based Mac maker has reportedly crafted a super-slim external keyboard for the new Macs. It's said to draw upon the aesthetic and feel of the low-profile keyboard which was first integrated with the company's 13-inch MacBook portables in May of 2006.

I suppose a new keyboard is due (or overdue) as the current style has been around for a very long time... and is a dirt magnet - looks great but a bugger to clean.

No mention of a new mouse but I would have to assume that if the iMac is changing to brushed aluminium (allegedly) then the keyboard and mouse might also get a new finish.

I haven't used a MacBook keyboard. Does that flush style work well? Would it suit a desktop environment?

[mvjs]

I just bought an Apple Wireless Keyboard

[mechcon]

It's still a keyboard... It wont all of a sudden die in the arse when the new ones come out :P

[locus]

I just bought an apple wireless keyboard and it rocks.

If the make the new one sorta like the macbook keyboard, personally I would avoid it.

[kingkangkong]

I'm not a big fan of the macbk keyboard.

it looks nice enough but doesn't feel as good as traditional kbs.

[velocite]

if its as reliable as Apple's Wireless Mighty Mouse stay away
in droves

[andrew.wilson]

At first I was apprehensive about the MB keyboard but after a week or so I really liked it. I can't use a normal keyboard well anymore after using the MB everyday.

[cosmichobo]

I remember getting my eMac with its... {looks underneath} [Apple Symbol] Keyboard, and HATING it after using the TAM's keyboard for about 7 years... [which uses a Powerbook 5500 keyboard, but with leather wrist pads and a touchpad instead of mouse]

But I guess it only took me a few weeks of constant use to get used to its different, much more clunky feel... and similarly, when I got the TAM, for a while I tossed its keyboard asside and kept using my Apple Adjustable Keyboard... seems I'd been so used to it...

We all adjust I guess... though I do have to say, despite using the same PC keyboard at work every day for 4 years, I still hated it... VERY clunky...

I haven't touched a MacBook yet... is their keyboard like the PowerBook G4's?

Edit:
Oh - just followed the link... I see.. very different from G4...

[Bart Smastard]

Maybe Apple will replace the mouse with a multi-touch pad... that would be nice. I'm over the mouse.

[gmask1]

I'd never really thought of the MB keyboard as a prototype for a full-sized version. An intriguing possibility, and could result in a much thinner keyboard unit.

It would be nice to fashion the keys into a shape that is comfortable for the fingers to move across though...

[chrism238]

Originally Posted by andrew.wilson

At first I was apprehensive about the MB keyboard but after a week or so I really liked it. I can't use a normal keyboard well anymore after using the MB everyday.

After years with curved, allegedly ergonomic, keyboards, I now have a similar aversion to straight keyboards. And quality curved ones are becoming so much harder to find....

[warren21]

So when can we expect to see these new iMacs I really want to upgrade from my G5.

[cosmichobo]

Originally Posted by chrism238

After years with curved, allegedly ergonomic, keyboards, I now have a similar aversion to straight keyboards. And quality curved ones are becoming so much harder to find....

That is a very good point... If they make it very thin, and basically flat, then it will be bad for your wrist posture...

Somehow I imagine Apple not being that silly however... maybe it will be thinner, but still have legs on it to adjust the angle...

[Bart Smastard]

Originally Posted by warren21

So when can we expect to see these new iMacs I really want to upgrade from my G5.

August - if we can believe ThinkSecret.

[oneplusone]

Originally Posted by Bart Smastard

August - if we can believe ThinkSecret.

When have we ever had cause not to believe them?

All of those sites seem to have a 90% track record......









........of being wrong.....

[Goodbye]

Anyone seen Ocean's 13? In one scene the security guard is sitting at a computer, and the keyboard was very slim, white keys encased in a brushed metal enclosure. Looked very Apple-like!

[soadaholic]

Originally Posted by Goodbye

Anyone seen Ocean's 13? In one scene the security guard is sitting at a computer, and the keyboard was very slim, white keys encased in a brushed metal enclosure. Looked very Apple-like!

but how was the movie

I hope they hurry up and release the damn thing.. I'm sick of waiting!

[iSlayer]

I love the current keyboard but i like the sound of this rumored one. I guess they are due for an update at some point

[gehenna]

http://www.appletell.com/apple/comme...tails-surface/

Appletell (new to me) are reporting that the "new iMac" keyboard will be similar to the diNovo Edge, with backlighting / inbuilt front row remote / and i'd presume there's customisable keys etc.

This'll be one to look out for. I do love my current Apple Bluetooth keyboard, but find it a bit lacking on features. It does make up for it in style, however those features do nag at me a little sometimes!

[Sam]

backlighting on a portable keyboard? will will believe it when I see it.