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Keyboard recommendation?

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Calvin Correli·Feb 25, 2005· 1 minute

I’m not happy with my current mac keyboard situation.

I have an Apple wireless keyboard, but I find the keys too hard to the touch. I prefer a keyboard with a really soft touch, like the keyboard on the PowerBook. I’d use the PowerBook keyboard, except it has a monitor attached to it.

Then I have a Kinesis keyboard, which is fine, except it’s not very well suited for the Mac. With a Mac, I really want the shift, control, option, and command keys there, right next to each other, since I use them all the time, and in conjunction with mouse clicks, so having them spread out between two thumbs and two pinkies, like you do on the Kinesis, is not practical.

Bonus question: What’s the difference between the “English” and the “English (Int’l)” layouts of the Apple keyboard, and which do I want?

Update: At the Apple store they said that the “English” version would have the pound sign, where the Int’l would have either a Euro or a Dollar sign. Otherwise they’re the same. So “English” means “British English”, it seems. That would’ve been clearer labeling.

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