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Kensington Ci73 Wired Keyboard, Low Profile Design (K64397US) | List Price: $34.99
Discount Price: $22.74
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Brand: Kensington
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 5 years warranty
Features: - Low-profile keys deliver a crisp, responsive touch for added comfort
- Space-saving design is up to 35% smaller than standard keyboards
- Sleek, yet ergonomic
- Automatic sleep state conserves power
- Windows and Mac compatible, USB 2.0
Laptop keyboard for the desktop [Posted on 2008-08-18]
It feels like a laptop keyboard, with small displacement of the keys and small force required to displace them.
Also, it works with mac (command key) and windows (windows key) as a bonus
Very quiet, fast external keyboard-better than laptop. [Posted on 2008-08-19]
Glad I noticed this new model. I saw a few reviews of people who had the 64365 model before this and like this one better. So I bought it. It is awesome. Very easy to type on and nice feeling quiet keys. Very thin too, won't need a palm rest. The only thing negative I can say is the layout of the Alt key and Del,Home,PageUp/Down, End keys will take a little getting used to. They put the mac buttons (which do same thing as the Windows button on PC) where the Alt buttons should be. You have to move thumb a little further to hit the smaller Alt button. Will take a little getting used to, but worth it because it is sweeettt to type on. I'm used to typing on an IBM thinkpad, and this keyboard feels better and quieter and works great connected to my thinkpad.
Polished Keyboard [Posted on 2008-09-07]
This keyboard is very nice. I had the Kensington 64365 Slim Keyboard. This one just feels more polished and without the chrome trim. It looks more sleek, and matches my desktop setup perfectly with the blue tinted keys.
Their was nothing wrong with the previous keyboard except that I just wore it out. For a slim type keyboard, this one is the best I have used. I was considering purchasing the Logitech DiNovo Edge before this, and couldn't justify spending the money on it, so I went with Kensington again and I don't regret it.
It works great in Linux and Windows. Kensington has really spoiled me with their peripherals, as I own the Expert Mouse Trackball also.
excellent [Posted on 2008-10-02]
-very low profile, feels like its just a quarter inch off the table.
-lovely key action, clickey click, crisp, nice to type fast.
-number pad is included, but overall width is still much less than full size keyboard. Ergonomically this works well since you dont have to reach far for the mouse.
-I like that this is a wired keyboard. no batteries to replace etc. There is a wireless version available though.
-looks very cool, very sharp. I always get positive comments.
Quality keyboard, a few design problems [Posted on 2008-10-16]
I have been using this keyboard for roughly a week now, and I have been enjoying my experience. As others have noted, this key board very accurately mimics the feel of a laptop keyboard. In the case of my laptop, this keyboard is quieter, and has a crisper feel.
The key placement also mimics that of a laptop keyboard, most notably with the placement of the arrow keys and the Home, Delete, Page Up, etc keys (which are placed vertically). It did take me a little bit of time to get acquainted with these newly placed keys, but upon doing so, I have had relatively no issues with using them, which is something that I was initially concerned about when considering this board.
Aside from the previously mentioned keys, most everything is in order. There is no function key, and in addition to my particular laptop (15.4"), there is a number pad - a must in my book. There are also media keys, which are convenient. However, for some odd reason, there is no mute button. I find this to be a rather frustrating omission, because it is the most useful of the media keys in my opinion. I have simply been using the mute button on my laptop instead though, so this issue is not too severe.
Besides the lack of a mute key, the only point of contention that I have with the keyboard is with the apple keys. There is one placed on either side of the spacebar, right next to the spacebar. This has 2 major implications:
1. There is no context menu button on the right side of the keyboard. This may be a non issue for most, as I don't see many people actually use this key. I, for one, miss it.
2. This is the big one. The alt keys are consequently smaller (on the left side), and are also displaced in order to fit this key. I alt-tab often, and I find myself still hitting the apple key at times when I mean to hit the alt key. In vista, this ends up bringing up the flashier, slower alternative to alt-tab, which results in some irritation. This issue is more pronounced on the left side of the keyboard, as the left alt key is the smaller of the two.
All in all, this is a very solid keyboard. Most importantly, it types Very well; it precisely mimics laptop keyboards, and in some cases surpasses them. The keys have a good tactile response, and they are about as quiet as can be. The minor negatives about this board are the shifted Home keys and the lack of the mute media key. The major negative is the useless and poorly placed apple key (which doubles as an additional windows key on windows machines). None of these issues are dealbreakers, however, and I would highly recommend this keyboard, especially at the price!
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