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Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Jan 14, 2015 2:27 pm ]
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https://curved.de/news/curvedlabs-ein-f ... osh-198570

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What's the German for 'Shut up and take my money'.
Author:  rustybucket [ Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:48 pm ]
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No thanks - that's rather ugly
Author:  Fogmeister [ Wed Jan 14, 2015 9:55 pm ]
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I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it's horrible.

Everyone (literally) on Twitter is raving about it. To me it's just ugly.
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Jan 14, 2015 11:05 pm ]
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I like it - even though I can see why people think it looks odd.
Author:  big_D [ Thu Jan 15, 2015 5:28 am ]
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Shame it doesn't have a proper keyboard. If it had the Mac Plus keyboard, I'd think about buying one...

I like what they have done, but it looks odd. I'd have preferred an original case with new internals.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Thu Jan 15, 2015 10:19 am ]
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big_D wrote:
Shame it doesn't have a proper keyboard. If it had the Mac Plus keyboard, I'd think about buying one...

Clacky :D. It's got a USB port and you'd just need a USB to ADB adapter of some sort - but I'd assume that's true whatever you wanted to plug a Mac+ keyboard into these days. I really do wish Apple would make a version of their current wireless keyboard with a numeric keypad. You can get 'add on' numeric keypads but that does seem a bit of a bodge.

big_D wrote:
I like what they have done, but it looks odd. I'd have preferred an original case with new internals.

Screen wouldn't fit. The original Mac screens were 9" and the smallest Macbook screen is 11".

Jon
Author:  timark_uk [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:36 am ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
I really do wish Apple would make a version of their current wireless keyboard with a numeric keypad. You can get 'add on' numeric keypads but that does seem a bit of a bodge.
I love the Apple wireless keyboard sans numeric keypad.
Those bloody keypads are a total waste of space on keyboards as far as I'm concerned.
I was quite chuffed when Apple released it, now I just would like to get one of the no-longer available wired ones so I can connect it to my Mac mini.

Mark
Author:  Fogmeister [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:35 pm ]
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Do you mean wired sans numpad?
Author:  Fogmeister [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 2:36 pm ]
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I bought a wired kb with the numpad purely for use with some editors that I was using at the time. But I don't think I've used the numpad for the past 2 years. Lol!
Author:  davrosG5 [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:18 pm ]
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Put me in the numpad keyboard camp.
I do a reasonable amount of stuff with spreadsheets and the numpad makes things much easier. Especially with a keyboard that includes a tab key in the numpad.
Didn't the Mac+ keyboard use a telephone type connector? I seem to recal using them at school.

For those hankering after a wired Apple Extended Keyboard (Okay, it's not the Mac+ keyboard) you could try this. They also do a wired numpad-less version of the same.
Available in the UK from The Keyboard Company. While they clearly don't have any competent web designers I've bought a keyboard from them and the service was very good
Author:  jonbwfc [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 5:23 pm ]
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davrosG5 wrote:
For those hankering after a wired Apple Extended Keyboard you could try this.

£120!!!!!

I'd almost consider a wireless version, but you'd have to be stark mental to pay 120 quid for a USB keyboard, no matter how nice. Plus Apple actually do do a full size wired keyboard anyway. It's the lack of a full size bluetooth one that bothers me.
Author:  davrosG5 [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:09 pm ]
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jonbwfc wrote:
davrosG5 wrote:
For those hankering after a wired Apple Extended Keyboard you could try this.

£120!!!!!

I'd almost consider a wireless version, but you'd have to be stark mental to pay 120 quid for a USB keyboard, no matter how nice. Plus Apple actually do do a full size wired keyboard anyway. It's the lack of a full size bluetooth one that bothers me.

Perhaps. I suggest for your health you don't go and have a look at how much you can pay for a mechanical gaming keyboard.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Fri Jan 16, 2015 8:26 pm ]
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davrosG5 wrote:
Perhaps. I suggest for your health you don't go and have a look at how much you can pay for a mechanical gaming keyboard.

Oh, I'm well aware. Make it angular and black, put a green LED in it somewhere, put 'gaming' on the box and add a few multipliers to the price.
Author:  big_D [ Sat Jan 17, 2015 9:19 am ]
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timark_uk wrote:
jonbwfc wrote:
I really do wish Apple would make a version of their current wireless keyboard with a numeric keypad. You can get 'add on' numeric keypads but that does seem a bit of a bodge.
I love the Apple wireless keyboard sans numeric keypad.
Those bloody keypads are a total waste of space on keyboards as far as I'm concerned.
I was quite chuffed when Apple released it, now I just would like to get one of the no-longer available wired ones so I can connect it to my Mac mini.

Mark

As I spend a lot of time entering series of numbers into ERP software, Excel tables etc. I am very happy with numeric keypads and would never buy a keyboard without one - well, the Type Cover on my tablet doesn't have one, but I have a Logitech wireless keyboard, with num pad, at the office for it.

I also have a Razer Black Widow keyboard with Cherry mechanical keys, that cost about a hundred quid in a sale last year. Excellent keyboard and well worth the money.
Author:  Fogmeister [ Thu Jan 22, 2015 12:10 pm ]
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I just saw this tweet from Chris Phin...

https://twitter.com/chrisphin/status/558234652562194432

Give him a shout. Maybe he can provide info of where he got it.
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