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Apple Wireless Pro Keyboard |  | Brand: Apple
Category: CE
Buy Used: $79.99
as of 7/30/2010 05:29 CDT details
Seller: Treebark
Rating:  76 reviews
Sales Rank: 20270
Platform: Mac OS X
Color: White
Media: Electronics
Keyboard: QWERTY
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 16 x 20 x 12
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: M9270LL/A
Model: M9270LL/A
UPC: 718908520116
EAN: 0718908520116
ASIN: B0000DBJ8A
Release Date: September 16, 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Works with the Bluetooth option in your Mac to provide a cable-free way to interact with your system at a distance of up to 33 feet | | • | 128-bit over-the-air encryption | | • | Features 16-function keys, full numeric keypad, document navigation keys, and an inverted-T | | • | Note: Requires a Bluetooth enabled Macintosh |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
The wireless keyboard design has a beautifully compact footprint. This keyboard comes with a full suite of keys and functionality, and it's a pleasure to use.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Keys Stick - Poorly Made June 3, 2010
Stephen Bender (Los Angeles, CA)
You simply cannot type fast on this keyboard, the keys are too stiff and stick somewhat. It gets dirty awfully fast also due to the white color. I've owned it since 2006 (4+ years). Not recommended.
Good product for some people March 15, 2010
T. S. Little (Indiana)
Personally, I have no functional complaints about this keyboard. It looks nice, and I personally enjoy a full-stroke keyboard like this -- some don't, but I'm one that misses the old IBM click-styled keyboards.
The main thing you must remember as an owner of this keyboard is you CANNOT use this anywhere around food. Because of the clear acrylic case, debris and crumbs are amazingly visible as they fall through the keys, and it looks very sloppy. As much as I've had to eat at my desk over the 2 years I've owned one, I can tell you that it really leaves people with the wrong impression on your hygiene.
I find the white surface to be very durable and washable, but short of a major disassembly, you can't clean the keyboard to anything close to pristine condition.
Battery life is amazing as well. I've only had to put fresh batteries in this 2 times in 2 years of continuous use. It sometimes but rarely needs to be switched off and on to get my Mac to recognize it, but that is more of a Mac issue than a problem with the keyboard itself.
Excellent keyboard (with the exception of a few minor downfalls). September 4, 2009
Mark (California)
This keyboard is great, for the most part. It functions properly, and makes my desk look clean, since it has no wires. The keyboard uses 4x AA batteries. I like the design of this keyboard better than the newer and skinnier Apple keyboards because this keyboard seems easier to type with for extended periods of time. I haven't actually used the newer Apple skinnier keyboards for much longer than a few minutes of testing them at the Apple store, but just from those few minutes, I determined that those newer keyboards are harder to type with... or at least they are for me. I suppose they may take a learning curve to get used to. However, having used this keyboard for approximately two years now, I have been very pleased with it.
I do find that my keyboard cannot last more than 5-7 days without having to be recharged, but that may be due to my sub-par rechargeable batteries (Duracell Rechargeable Batteries). Another downfall to the keyboard is that the perimeter of the keyboard below the keys is exposed with a clear plastic, so you can see all of the dust and dirt that falls into the crevices of the keys and gets collected, which looks sort of tacky. Of course you can pull all the keys off to clean, but removing each key takes significant effort and is difficult to put back into place.
The keyboard is very sturdy and durable though. One time I spilt a cup of water all over it, and I was worried that I had fried it for good. However, in just a few days the keyboard went back to functioning normal.
Overall, I would certainly recommend this keyboard, although I believe the only place you can buy it nowadays is through a seller on eBay.
 OVERPRICED February 27, 2009
GEE DUB
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I love my Mac, but I am sick and tired of how Apple nickels and dimes you for every little thing.
Constant connection problems, cheap springs in the keyboard so that the keys don't pop back nicely, gets dirty really, really fast, and since you can't take it apart you can't clean it out easily.
Because of all that these need to be replaced every year or two, and these are just too damn expensive for something that needs to be replaced that much.
Sorry Apple, I like your computers but I will get my accessories elsewhere.
Old school gadget for editors. February 24, 2009
K. Han (LA, CA USA)
Nevertheless of the sharp and futuristic design of aluminum apple thin-keyboards,
this full scale old-school type keyboard is still needed by MIDI composer, Photoshop editors, writers...
who depends on tons of shortcuts.
Personally, I use more often than some of my midi controllers' button like PLAY, RECORD, FF, FW.
Battery cycle is about 3 months even if it'd turned on always.
Blutooth is connected very quickly in Leopard 10.5.6.
And if you install SizzlingKeys (it's freeware), you can control itunes with function keys also.
I might have to say it needs to be cleaned occasionally,
because of tiny gaps between transparent cover and key caps.
Yes, it's annoying sometimes, but it keeps my edit environment clean both.
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