Apple Wireless Keyboard Kit | 
| Brand: Apple
List Price: $79.00
Buy New: $68.00
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Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 525
Color: Icy white
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Keyboard: QWERTY
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 12.9 x 7.2 x 1.3
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: MB167LL/A
Model: MB167LL/A
UPC: 885909179077
EAN: 0885909179077
ASIN: B000V01RLK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Ultra-thin design | | • | Anodized aluminum enclosure | | • | Low profile keys | | • | Use function keys for one-touch access | | • | Bluetooth wireless technology |
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Product Description
The Apple Wireless Keyboard has been completely redesigned to feature an elegant, ultra-thin anodized aluminum enclosure with low-profile keys that provide crisp, responsive feel. Use function keys for one-touch access to a quickly access features such as screen brightness, volume, eject, play/pause, fast-forward and rewind, Expose and Dashboard. Its compact design fits on your lap or even the most crowded desk. Bluetooth wireless technology lets you use it just about anywhere within 30 feet. The keyboard automatically powers down when you're not using it and turns on instantly as soon as you start typing. This intelligent power management means you'll get up to nine months of battery life with average usage. It also has an on/off switch for when you're away from your computer for a long time.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 60 more reviews...
 After a Few Tries: KB from Apple that is Awesome October 12, 2007
R. Williams (Los Angeles, CA United States)
50 out of 68 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2BEGPK6PRFBEC Since I was very surprised on getting this, figured it would make good fodder for trying out the new video review feature here.
My prior Apple keyboard was great until it got gunked up with junk and became spongey. This one also appears to have yielded a speed benefit as well. I happened to have tested my speed a week before getting this. On my old keyboard it was 63WPM, on this one, I took the test 3 or 4 times and it was 70WPM (10% better), and my accuracy was higher for whatever reason.
Also, I have been buying wireless since the bloody beginning and even my recent Logitech starts dropping characters when I put it in my lap and the bloody receiver is on the desk directly above it. No such problems with this, since it is bluetooth.
Wonderful BT keyboard that doubles as a work of industrial art September 30, 2007
bbfla (Florida, USA)
40 out of 44 found this review helpful
After a four week wait, I received my Apple wireless bluetooth keyboard (shipped direct from China) a couple of days ago. Without a doubt, it has already become one of my all-time favorite Mac accessories in 20 years of Apple use.
Even if you've seen photos and read stats about its dimensions, that won't prepare you for how compact the keyboard is in person. It is spectacularly thin and minimalistic: if a keyboard could be called "beautiful," then this one is without a doubt a beauty.
Not only does it save an enormous amount of desk real estate, it manages to make the previous Apple keyboards (once upon a time fairly sleek-looking in comparison to other keyboards on the market) look dowdy, bulky and hopelessly outdated.
Much has been made of the lack of a numerical keypad: I see this is as a plus, allowing the keyboard to be highly portable and super small. If you truly need a numerical keypad, the wired version of this keyboard has one.
The tactile quality of the keyboard is great. It takes a while to get used to the different feel the keys -- they are flat rather than slightly concave -- but the overall feel and usability are an improvement.
The unit pairs up with your Mac seamlessly and there is no delay or lagtime in typing; the keyboars also wakes seamlessly from sleep at the touch of any key.
In short, I see no downside: it looks great, is stunningly thin and sleek, eliminates wire clutter, works wonderfully, and saves a lot of desk space. I can recommend it without reservation to anyone looking for a wireless keyboard.
Kudos, Apple, on an incredible job updating an everyday appliance most of us took for granted in such an elegant way that it doubles as a functional object of industrial art.
With a Great Keyboard Comes Great Responsibility February 13, 2008
Brian Seeve
34 out of 35 found this review helpful
The wafer-thin Apple Wireless Keyboard is aesthetically perfect and eminently usable, though it has a few minor flaws.
Visually, it exhibits a poetic, tasteful minimalism. It is surprisingly thin, and its unitary construction and brushed metallic finish project an air of solidity. Unlike other keyboards, the Apple Wireless Keyboard does not try to impress with garish, shameless decoration. Rather, its unadorned, utilitarian exterior suggests that this is a serious keyboard, for serious-minded people.
The feel and sound of the Apple Wireless Keyboard match its visual perfection. When pressed, the keys hit bottom with a satisfying finality (I have always detested those keyboards whose keys gently ease into the 'pressed' position without any tactile feedback). Typing on this keyboard produces a gentle clicking sound. It is not a grating, full-blown clatter, but more of a muted staccato.
The Apple keyboard is excellent from a functional standpoint as well. It does not exhibit the lag that can be so aggravating when typing on RF keyboards. It maintains a strong, persistent Bluetooth connection, and has a long battery life.
One of its most convenient features is the lack of inaccessible gaps between the keys. Not only is this aesthetically appealing, but it also prevents hairs, skin flakes, dust, and other types of nauseating detritus from accumulating inside the keyboard. This feature is indispensable for those of you who eat at your computers; no longer will your keyboard serve as a receptacle for the remnants of long-forgotten meals.
The Apple Wireless Keyboard does suffer from a few trifling imperfections, however. First, it does not have a dedicated 'delete' key. To trigger 'delete', one must hold down 'fn' and press 'backspace'. For those who use 'delete' often, this may be a problem. I have gotten used to it, but not so used to it that I don't occasionally lie awake at night wishing that my keyboard had a 'delete' key.
Second, the arrow keys are very narrow. This is not a huge problem for 'left' and 'right', but 'up' and 'down' are so close to each other that it is easy to accidentally hit the wrong one when in a hurry. People with ungainly sausage-fingers and people who drink too much coffee may be particularly susceptible.
Finally, the 'Caps Lock' key does not engage right away. Apple has incorporated a feature called "Caps Lock Protection" that is intended to minimize the inconvenience caused by accidentally hitting the 'Caps Lock' key. As a result, 'Caps Lock' will engage only if pressed slowly and deliberately.
For most people, Caps Lock Protection will probably be helpful (although it still seems vaguely paternalistic in its assumption that your keyboard knows what keys you want to press better than you do). However, for those who prefer to use 'Caps Lock' as an alternative 'Command' or 'Control' key, it may be somewhat inconvenient. It irks me that Apple chose to hard-wire this feature directly into the keyboard. It could just as easily have been implemented at the software level with an option to disable Caps Lock Protection and restore the once-proud 'Caps Lock' key to its former glory.
In conclusion, I recommend this keyboard to all people of good character and sober judgment. Use it wisely, for with a great keyboard comes great responsibility.
 Works with Windows Vista! October 15, 2007
V. Madhusudanan (Seattle, WA USA)
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
I'm a Windows user that likes Apple's design aesthetic.
This keyboard works fine out of box with Windows Vista on my Lenovo laptop. It pairs successfully with the built in Bluetooth device - and requires no special drivers.
I've since learnt that I do miss key buttons they've left out. Home, End, PgUp, PgDn and Delete are what I miss! I've used an advanced program - AutoHotKey to program Win+Key alternates for these missing buttons.
I now, like this keyboard :) but it's not for everyone who runs Windows.
 I can't believe the good review for this terrible keyboard November 23, 2007
D. Imal
15 out of 31 found this review helpful
When I saw photos of this keyboard prior to release, I was almost drooling with anticipation. The design looked elegant, beautiful, and compact. And there's no number keypad! Awesome! I never, ever use the number keypad, and the extra distance to my mouse just adds strain to my wrist. I currently have an old Logitech wireless keyboard with a detachable number pad. I detached it and threw it away. But I wanted a real Apple keyboard with all the correct key mappings, etc., so I bought the new Apple wireless keyboard almost as soon as it was released. I had expected something with the feel of my MacBook Pro. Nope. Anyone remember IPM's PC jr from the 80's? It had what was called a "chicklet" keyboard at the time. Rubber keys with very bad action, difficult to tell if the the key was pressed by feel alone. Very awkward and flimsy feeling. In short, a usability nightmare. IBM was mocked and shamed into replacing the keyboard.
Apple decided to resurrect this design mistake for 2007. It's terrible. It feels terrible. It doesn't even feel like a keyboard to me. After hours trying to use it, I was typing at half the speed I normally do and my hands and wrists hurt. It looks beautiful, so I wanted to keep it, but I had to admit that it was garbage, so I returned it. I'll wait for the next version. They'll probably wise up. If you value usability over aesthetics at all, avoid this keyboard like the plague.
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