Yes, I said I’d never buy anything from Kensington again but the SlimType got pretty good reviews so I decided to try it out.
The Good
- The styling of the keyboard is pretty nice.
- The volume keys and sleep (power) key work without drivers.
The Bad
- Keys are stiffer than a Power/MacBook keyboard. A little too stiff.
- The Home/Page Up/Down/End key layout is bizarre.
- Why on earth would I want two control keys right next to each other (left side)?
- Why are the Command keys so tiny?
- The keyboard tilts too much from back to front. After using it for a day, my hands and wrists ached.
If this were the only laptop-style keyboard option out there, I would probably use it and deal with the shortcomings. However, there are other options (MacAlly IceKey review forthcoming) so this one’s going back.
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Luis adds this Comment:
Beware that I have uncovered a “bug” on the Intel version of the MacAlly driver for the IceKey so annoying that I’m using my IceKey sans driver (yes, no keyboard volume key or eject for me until a new version is released).
I believe this is a widespread problem, but I haven’t ruled out some kind of compatibility problem with any other driver/software I have installed. So, if you do install the driver I’d be interested in knowing if you experience the same problem on your system.
December 18th, 2006 at 9:36 pm
Alex adds this Comment:
Well, I don’t have an Intel desktop machine nor am I using a driver for the IceKey so I guess I’m safe.
December 18th, 2006 at 10:58 pm