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Macally USB Slim Keyboard - ICEKEY | List Price: $39.99
Discount Price: $24.73
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Platform: Mac OS X
Brand: Macally
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 3 years warranty
Features: - 108 key ultra slim USB keyboard
- Enhanced Scissor-Key-Switches for thin keycaps with sensitive and responsive touch
- Built-in USB ports on both sides of the keyboard
- Easy to store inside keyboard drawer
- Ice white finish to complement your Mac
Works Great [Posted on 2008-07-11]
I've only had this keyboard for a couple days, but it is working great. I have a G5 running OS 10.4 so I downloaded the driver from the Macally Web site because I wanted to use the volume and eject keys. You don't need the driver if you don't want to use those keys.
I installed the driver and the keys work, the USB ports work on both sides for my wired Apple mouse, Macally RFmouse charger/receiver, and both my SimpleTech and my Kingston flash drives. I also tried my expand/collapse triangles (as another reviewer suggested), and they work fine. No complaints.
Great Bouncy Keyboard [Posted on 2008-07-14]
This is the MacAlly Apple keyboard. I accidentally spilled coffee on my company's keyboard, so it was incumbent upon me to buy one for them. So, online I went, and found this keyboard. Everyone in my office is jealous! The feel, the look, the performance: it's all here.
Macally USB Slim Keyboard - ICEKEY [Posted on 2008-07-19]
This is a light-weight keyboard with a nice touch and good looks. I have enjoyed using it and recommend it highly.
Strangely flawed keyboard [Posted on 2008-09-17]
I bought this keyboard because my Mac and PC friends said it had superior tactile feedback, and it does. However...
I was shocked to get a keyboard that didn't work properly with OS/X Leopard. The volume control keys didn't work at all, and suddenly I had to double-click a lot of screen controls on other apps that previously worked with a single click.
So I Googled it, and found there was a newer driver for Leopard that fixed MOST of the problems. I downloaded and installed it, and sure enough it did fix most of the problems. Now the volume keys work, but oddly the mouse still sometimes requires two clicks in other apps (like closing a tab in Firefox) where before it required just one.
As others have pointed out, there was zero documentation in the box. I suspect the average computer user, who wouldn't know enough to search for a newer driver, would be pretty disappointed with this keyboard.
It was fairly cheap at $30, and does have nicer key feel than the slimline keyboard that came with my 23" iMac, though it takes up a bit more desk space.
Love the keyboard touch, but..... [Posted on 2008-10-02]
While I think thi i a great keyboard, if you have young children, think twice. As you can tell, I'm kipping letters. That's becaue my 22 month old daughter was able to POP the keys off and break some of them. I've got 5 kids and have gone through a lot of keyboards for one reason or another, but never becuae the keys have been popped off and broken in the process. My s key especially is bad as the entire stem broke and I ave to stick my finger nail or a slim object into the spot where the key should be. Also, even though we installed the driver, the sound keys do not work. Obviously something is not quite right here... Bottomline: if you don't need to control the sound with the keyboard and do not have young children or sensory seeking children, overly curious children, etc., this keyboard will work well for you.
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