{"id":1804,"date":"2017-10-14T18:28:51","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T23:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/?p=1804"},"modified":"2019-10-23T08:24:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T13:24:55","slug":"fini-key-boards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wilsonbuilt.com\/wb_blog\/2017\/fini-key-boards\/","title":{"rendered":"Fini-Key Boards"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple keyboards are very\u00a0<\/em>finicky.\u00a0I’ve just purchased my fourth one. The first two met untimely ends because of cat vomit. I have forgiven Apple this because of the obvious fact that cats are here to wreak havoc. But last week the third one died suddenly and unexpectedly while I was away from the computer. I have no idea why it stopped working (there were no liquids within a 12-foot radius), but the <esc> key and <F1> through <F7> stopped working. Because I use these very frequently, I was not able to keep using Solidworks with the Cupertino keyboard and was forced to use my backup keyboard, a black behemoth that shipped with my Dell. After only a few days, my left hand began to cramp up. Not only is the Dell keyboard way too high for my comfort, but the F-keys are placed too far away from the rest of the keyboard. So I headed over to my local big box store and bought myself a\u00a0Magic Keyboard with Extended Keypad. In a way It seems foolish to purchase the same item over and over again, but the layout of the Apple keyboards is perfect for what I do. I like the layout of the new keyboard over my previous USB Apple Extended Keyboards – the <esc> key is bigger, and the F-keys are not smaller than the rest of the buttons. (I cannot over-stress how useful this is). The apple keyboard also has\u00a0 more of the F-keys than any other keyboard I’ve seen, from <F1> through <F19>. This means more keys to use with custom keyboard layouts for my Solidworks workflow. I am looking around at some of the custom keypads made for gamers, but haven’t decided to get one yet.<\/p>\n

So I’m happy again with my keyboard, Until it breaks again. This time though I purchased some insurance from the big box store so this time I don’t feel as foolish.<\/p>\n

* For those wondering how I can use the apple keyboard effectively with a PC – I re-map my control keys using a shareware app called “Sharpkeys.” (I do this with my Dell keyboard as well – because who in their right mind put the control key so far away from the space bar?)<\/p>\n

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UPDATE: It is late 2019, and I am still using the same Apple Magic Keyboard I bought back in 2017, so I only have good things to say about Apple Keyboards now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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