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- [ Typing ] - DAVID: So this is Apple's very first USB keyboard.
It was originally introduced with the iMac computer,
and came in several different colors.
The layout of the keys is far more PC-like than before.
You get an Escape key in the proper place, inverted "T" arrow keys,
and the full numeric keypad.
Although, the Page Up and the Page Down keys are in the weird place.
And, you get a Power button on the keyboard. This was also the last keyboard to have a Power button on it.
The keys look black -- but they're actually a dark translucent, as you can see.
The Caps Lock has a light inside that shines through.
The bottom of this keyboard is more beautiful had it has more thought put into it
than the top of most keyboards.
It even has a holographic sticker at the bottom, which stands out much more when seen in person.
It does include one big adjustable leg to change the orientation of the keyboard.
It has two USB ports -- one of each side.
So that you may plug in a mouse like a traditional ADB keyboard.
But, you always have at least one port leftover -- which is great,
because you can use that port for USB flash drive, or plugging in your phone, or digital camera.
The new keyboard also came with a brand new mouse,
today we referred to it as the "Hockey puck" mouse.
It used a multicolored ball inside which was interestingly to watch
when rolling around.
Oh, that one's pretty!
I wake up some mornings on you.
Never know what'cha doing in the evening.
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Oh, I like this one.
MATTHEW: Do you noticed that they --
they relocated their locator tab?
This is decent keyboard, I don't have problem with it.
I used that.
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This is stylish keyboard.
It's laid out well, looks very nice.
The keys are a little mushy, though.
DAVID: So, the new keyboard is similar to the last one --
but they made a good bit larger.
The main reason was to make room for the arrow keys
and the more traditional PC-style of keyboard layout.
And while the older one did have inverted "T" arrows,
the new one is much easier to use.
If you'll noticed, the old one has a Power button,
but that's been removed on the newer one, and has never been then since.
But we did gain volume controls, and an Eject button for the optical drive.
The Caps Lock is just like the last one;
the Num Lock actually has a physical light, but it doesn't doing anything
unless you connected it to a Windows PC.
Like the old keyboard, this one also has two USB ports --
one of each side of the keyboard.
Now, say goodbye to the "Hockey pock" mouse…
With this new keyboard, also came a new mouse -- this one is optical.
It's like a sculpted piece of art, and the whole thing is a giant button.
The underside is not quite as much of a piece of art,
but it does retain the logo and one giant adjustable foot.
- Yeah, I like the way it looks like. - In contrast, you can see the letters a lot easier.
I do like a black keyboard or something;
a little to easier to keep clean, I guess you could do these area --
easier for to look clean.
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I like it soft. I can use that all day.
Is this backlit?
DAVID: So, the newer version retains the same model number,
but the color has been changed to a bright white.
They are virtually identical; they both have the same folding foot…
- [ Clatters ] - But notice the older one has the Apple logo,
and the newer one doesn't.
So again, Apple has been moving away from making the underside artistic.
With the new color, we also got a new mouse to match.
It's identical to the older mouse, except that is white.
Okay, so here's the next model.
It looks very similar to the last, but there are some key differences --
but one thing, the USB ports have been moved to the back.
Obviously, the mouse still plugs in back there.
I actually liked this as it makes them easier to use,
especially for things like USB flash drives.
The Caps Lock key is the only key that lights up;
Num Lock is completely gone, as a matter of fact.
The bottom is very plain and prone to scratching and collecting breeze inside.
Notice that there are no any adjustments to the height.
This is crazy -- there's no border, it's just keys!
It's a nice -- er, nice feeling keyboard.
It seems okay. I'm a little bit more familiar with this,
- but it's not my favorite. - Yeah.
Feels pretty solid, and I -- I could see it kinda getting pretty good
and fast on this keyboard.
- I can do that, it's nice. It's kinda quiet for -- - [ Clacks ]
having such a big clunky keys -- keys, I could use that.
DAVID: So, this next keyboard was quite a departure from all previous Apple keyboards.
The keys are more similar to what they had been using on the MacBook products.
The keyboard is amazingly thin -- there's nothing much to see at the bottom.
It does have two USB ports, although they are little harder
to get to than the previous models,
but you can still get a flash drive in there.
The USB cable is decently long.
They moved the volume keys here -- along with the Eject button,
and then decided to give us more function keys all the way up to F19, for some bizarre reason.
Caps Lock is the only key that lights up.
So, two years later, they introduced a miniature version of the aluminum keyboard.
Basically, everything from here has been removed,
and the arrow keys have been moved down here in this corner.
The bottom is essentially the same and still has the same two USB ports.
It's that -- this is like super uncomfortable for me. How do you type?
Like this?
It reminds me of a laptop keyboard, and --
While those are good to get some really quick, work done, and things like that.
- I don't like this one. - But it's super thin, so it's easy to travel a lot.
Probably not something I would want to use 8 hours a day.
Yes. This is kinda like the keyboard I use at home.
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I like it.
DAVID: Interestingly enough, this keyboard was so popular that there are many fakes and knock-offs
being sold online.
It fact, I have one of them here --
while it does extremely similar, it's actually a piece of junk.
Notice that it has no USB ports, but the main thing is:
it's just -- it's just plastic, that's painted to look like it silver.
It's actually very flimsy, and the whole keyboard bends when you type on it.
You can see how flimsy it is.
Alright, so you can see that the official Apple version costs at least 2 to 3 times more
than these pieces of junk, and you can kinda see there's a pretty good reason for that.
Alright, so there's some things I want to point out -- how about these white keyboards?
Now, I think they're very beautiful -- but,
they have a tendency to fade to yellow, er -- especially if they're exposed to any UV light or heat,
and, um -- they're look terrible and they are a pain in the butt to restore them!
and, you have seen some of my previous videos on that.
So, that's one thing I don't like about these.
Now, if you have black keys, then that does not -- that's not a problem.
So you don't have to worry about if you have black keys.
Now, I wanna say something about these aluminum keyboards.
Now, I love these keyboards. I love the way they type,
and I love how small and efficient they are.
But there's just one thing that just--
Really irks me about 'em. And if you spill anything in them,
like even just a tiny few drops of water, and they get under the keys,
it's done. It's broke. It will never work again.
I have thrown 3 of them away because of that problem.
And you can't repair them. They're actually glued together at the factory,
so there's no practical way to take them apart and figure out what's wrong.
I've seen some other videos of people trying to take these apart, and they just destroy them.
So, I will not be buying any more of these,
despite the fact that I do love them because they're extremely expensive
and they just break too easy.
So, I'm sure that people want to know which keyboard is my favorite.
Well, I wanted to--
I couldn't just really pick one, so I wanna go ahead and tell you that this one
types the best.
I mean, I like the feel of the keys of the mechanical keys on this original ADB keyboard.
But I could never use this for a day-to-day keyboard because of the arrangement of the cursors
and a variety of other things.
Um, as far as which keyboard I think is most beautiful,
um, I think, the original USB keyboard.
The blueberries, and of course, they come in other colors too,
but this is the only one I have.
But I think that these are beautiful pieces of art.
They're really amazing, but,
you know what? I could probably use this everyday, but I'm not going to.
As far as actual using, day-in-day-out, I gotta give it to the aluminum keyboards.
I told you my gripe about these, so after this one breaks, I'm not going to be using
aluminum anymore.
But as long as this one keeps working, I'm gonna keep using this one.
So, this is my favorite one to use.
OK, so, I wanted to say one last thing.
I'm pretty fond of Apple keyboards. I always have been.
But the one thing I don't care for is their mice.
Especially in the last decade, I really hate the Mighty Mouse.
When this ball, little trackball thing appeared, it never works right.
In fact, if this keyboard history video proves to be popular, I'm gonna go ahead
and follow that up with a mouse history video, and I'll elaborate on some of the reasons
of why I don't like their mice.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this quick series, and I'll see you next time.