After changing my setup slightly it feels a bit of a stretch to reach for my Powerbook’s keyboard. With all these ergonomic ideas going round I thought getting a new keyboard would help ease any neck/back troubles. I opted for the official Apple wireless keyboard from the NYC Apple Store just south of Central Park and boy had I chosen the right one. In a sleek design not only does it look good and take minutes to install, but also works perfectly as described!

At $79 it sets it as one of the most expensive pieces of hardware out there and I’m not going to defend it by just saying it is Apple official hardware. There should be no excuse why they sell them for this much but all I can say is it works and you get what you pay for.  The design is beautiful and suits the rest of the current Mac lineup as well as the older style like the aluminium Powerbooks.  At less than half an inch tall it lies inconspicuously on your desk and the buttons resemble the Macbook keyboard with slight spaces between each button and it seems to provide quite a comfortable experience. However even with the small size I feel when you type there is sufficient feedback on the keys so you never feel like you’ve missed a key.  One nice addition was the included green LED that is hidden underneath the aluminium skin that lights up to tell you when you turn it on and you can see it on the video.  Kudos to the Apple designers in making a clean looking design!

On the installation side it was rather straight forward at least on the Mac.  All that’s needed is to search bluetooth devices from the bluetooth logo in the taskbar to find the keyboard. Then a simple digit code to verify pairing is required and that’s that. Sorted.  It does work on Windows however I’m not going to go into that right now…save it for a later video.  So even though the Apple Wireless keyboard was expensive, as expected, it helps complete my set up and in my opinion makes typing more fun.  Hopefully I can use this across some other computer systems as it is very portable and who knows how long it will last or how long it will be till Apple release a new style…