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BTW, I went in today and remapped keys on my October 1991 manufacture Model M.For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.This is despite the fact that the old pro keyboards were a huge pain to clean, and the chiclet keyboard is maybe the easiest keyboard ever to clean.Not only am I used to chiclet keyboards now (and now I think they look much nicer), but being able to see all the dirt and stuff that got underneath was pretty gross to look at.
It was absolutely filthy, but I took it apart, cleaned the keycaps ultrasonically, and hosed the rest of it down(yes, I did take a water hose to it to clean it up). After giving everything a couple of days to dry and putting it back together, it looks like new. Hands-On Review: Unicomp Spacesaver M Keyboard Mac Pro AtI have a couple of Model Ms but Im currently using this particular one on my Mac Pro at work. Theres a very good reason why those of us who love Model Ms get a bit snobbish about them. The downside is the lack of Apple specific keys-specifically the Command key-which is why I also really like the Extended II even though its not as good as a Model M(I need to just break down and buy the Spacesaver M from Unicomp) Its hard to fit a keyboard that good into a laptop(I think that the key travel on the Model M is more than the thickness of the new Macbook) but Apple has made some outstanding laptop keyboards over the years. The one on the G3 WallstreetPDQ has to be at the top, followed by the Bronze G3 Powerbook keyboard and Titanium Powerbook. Id put the 12 Powerbook next, followed by the larger PowerbooksMacbook Pros(which are effectively the same keyboard). Even though-for laptops-I mostly use chiclets these days I agree on the older keyboards being better. I wrote a lot of my masters thesis back in the spring on a 15 non-Unibody MBP for that very reason. And yeah, the chiclet design isnt that bad for laptops (although I too prefer the older Penryn non-unibody PB keyboards). The real bummer for me is that this design was transitioned to desktops. Ive not had much experience with the new macbook keyboard, but from the 10 minutes i played with one, I think its a step in the right direction. The real bummer about the chiclet keyboard isnt even apples chiclets, but the wave of copy-cat chiclets that swept across the windows market. Im sitting typing this on my dell with one such faux-chiclet, and man, yuck Feels almost as bad as the original PC jr chiclet. I dont have much experience with the 12 powerbook, what makes you prefer the 12 keyboard over the others. In a lot of ways, it has the same feel as the earlier WallstreetPDQ KB, albeit with less travel. ![]() I have two 12 PBs and several parts, and find them all pretty similar. My experience with the new MB keyboard is limited to a few minutes of playing with them in the store. The keys had a nice feel(the same sort of crisp feeling as the 12 PB) but the lack of travel REALLY bothered me. I found them bottoming out far too soon for my taste, although I would probably get used to it if I used it regularly.
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