Here's my brief review of the Apple Wireless Keyboard:
There's irony in how polarizing and personal tastes run in keyboards yet how few truly distinct choices the industry provides. Long ago, "cheap" became the one virtually inviolable priority, so almost all keyboards are flimsy, creaky, ugly, and clunky. A little original thought has gone into ergonomics, here and there, but most keyboards are interchangeable and uninspired. Here's what the aluminum Apple Wireless Keyboard offers:
By far, the most appealing and addictive feature is the compact, lightweight, wireless form-factor. When I say addictive, I mean it: this product makes my desk feel big again. Moreover, this keyboard is trivial to stash away, or to simply pick up and blow the dust off of. By trimming the under-utilized numeric keypad and redundant home/end/page up/page down key clusters, Apple has also delivered an attractive keyboard to pair with a large Wacom tablet.
The industrial design, materials, fit and finish are simply as good as it gets. Whether you will like the design choices is up to you.
The layout is the latest keyboard design Apple has adopted across all its computers (save the Mac Book Pro, as of this writing). Apple and some of its customers consider this keyboard "faster" because of how the keys have been spaced. Some people hate it (or have chosen to hate it). Again, keyboard designs are polarizing.
I can confirm that the keyboard works. I'm a touch-typist and I can confirm that it didn't take me long to adapt to it. While I'm not convinced the Apple Wireless Keyboard is as good for typing as my old Microsoft Natural Ergonomic keyboard, the advantages of the wireless form factor have pretty much won me over.
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