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Scotch77

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How does the macbook keyboard compare to others? The keys seem very far apart which seems like it would make it very hard to type.
 
I really like it. I've owned 1 PowerBook, 3 previous generation MacBook Pros, and now a unibody MBP. The unibody has the best keyboard of all of them.
 
Scotch77 said:
How does the macbook keyboard compare to others? The keys seem very far apart which seems like it would make it very hard to type.
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If you look down at the keyboard you are sitting at, you will probably notice the keys are sloped from a small top to a wide bottom. The Apple keyboards simply do away with the slope.

The actual distance the fingers travel is the same.
 
SuperSubZero said:
If you look down at the keyboard you are sitting at, you will probably notice the keys are sloped from a small top to a wide bottom. The Apple keyboards simply do away with the slope.

The actual distance the fingers travel is the same.
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While you may be correct when I try typing on one I feel like I need to span my finder much much more to get good contact with the keys. Or else Im hitting the area between the keys.
 
I had the uMB for awhile and the keyboard was excellent. I still like my older MBP's keyboard because it is softer however. But one way or another definitely one of the best keyboards on a laptop.
 
Scotch77 said:
While you may be correct when I try typing on one I feel like I need to span my finder much much more to get good contact with the keys. Or else Im hitting the area between the keys.
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If you look at a Mac keyboard like this one:
http://nozama.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/09/26/macbookairkeyboard.jpg

Then look at the typical spacing of a sloped laptop keyboard:
http://www.laptop-keyboard.cn/bookpic/200781416565490767.jpg

You will see that the spacing between the Mac keyboard keys is actually less at the top than a typical PC keyboard.
 
SuperSubZero said:
If you look down at the keyboard you are sitting at, you will probably notice the keys are sloped from a small top to a wide bottom. The Apple keyboards simply do away with the slope.
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Personally, I'm not a big fan of the feel of the keyboards, but key spacing is not really the issue. My issues are that they're mostly flat, rather than having a concave surface & that they've got relatively short & hard 'action'.
 
You're asking a personal question that's best answered by you actually going to a store that sells them and typing on it.
 
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