R.I.P. Steve Jobs: 3 decades of Apple Keyboards

[ripster55]

Click on the Imgur album links below the pics for details.

Datanetics keyboard - from the FIRST personal computer
(this pic is a screenshot from the memorial video on the Apple Home page)

http://imgur.com/a/t4Smx

Apple M0110 - the first Mac

http://imgur.com/a/HxOZz


NeXT keyboard - because who needs Function keys?

http://imgur.com/a/RvxtF#0

Apple Extended Keyboard II - The one Steve Jobs tore OFF the function keys before signing famously saying, "I'm changing the world, one keyboard at a time". This was after NeXT returning to Apple to turn it around.

http://imgur.com/a/f8pSc#0

Apple Aluminum Wireless - one of the best in Industrial Design and the revival of Chiclets

http://imgur.com/a/IVFD1#0

The iPad Capacitive keyboard

http://imgur.com/a/5fdmS#0

 

[AdamK47]

Yep, after Steve Jobs there will be no more keyboards for Apple. Steve Jobs invented the keyboard.

 

[stahlhart]

You forgot one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xx5Wy3YoyQ

 

[ericloewe]

I get the feeling some people have an unhealthy (as in excessive) admiration for Steve Jobs.

Back on topic, I can't think of a single reason I'd want an Apple keyboard ("Industrial design" is not a feature, merely a differentiating factor between devices. I'll take features any day.)

 

[ripster55]

I get the feeling some people have an unhealthy (as in excessive) admiration for Steve Jobs.

Back on topic, I can't think of a single reason I'd want an Apple keyboard ("Industrial design" is not a feature, merely a differentiating factor between devices. I'll take features any day.)

Bluetooth sturdy aluminum FULLSIZED layout yet compact and lightweight is very handy.

Please tell me the wireless scissor with those same features you prefer.

 

[ericloewe]

Bluetooth sturdy aluminum FULLSIZED layout yet compact and lightweight is very handy.

Please tell me the wireless scissor with those same features you prefer.

Since I don't carry a keyboard around, wireless is just a waste of time recharging batteries. As I wouldn't carry it around, low weight only means less mass which means it would move around my desk more. In short, why would I want a laptop keyboard for my desktop or to carry around with my laptop, which has a keyboard similar to the Apple one.

If I had a tablet, I'd carry around a keyboard, like I carry a mouse with my laptop. Even then, I'd have a hard time justifying this over something without the "I'm different!" Mac layout, especially if it doesn't have a delete key, like smaller MacBooks don't.

 

[ripster55]

I use mine for my PS3 and HTPC.

Nice keyboard.

And about that "unhealthy obsession".

R.I.P. Steve Jobs.