The Verge:
Apple discontinued its wired Mac keyboard back in June when it introduced a new version of its wireless Magic Keyboard with a number pad, but a company called Matias is trying to keep the wired version alive with its own replica versions. And this year at CES 2018, the company is looking to one-up Apple’s now discontinued version with a new model that features RGB backlighting.
I’ve always been a fan of Matias keyboards.
Can’t you turn Apple’s Magic Keyboard into a wired keyboard by just keeping it plugged in all the time?
I’d imagine that might do undesirable things to the keyboard’s battery.
Decent price, considering. I’m a Matias fan as well.
Well I am typing this on my Matias Quiet Pro at work and at home sits my Tactile Pro. Yes, I am a sucker for mechanical keyboards, that’s what I learned on so they feel natural. However, I have the Matias wireless version and I am considering purchasing this as well. My opinon is Matias makes very good keyboards and have never been disappointed.
Yes I also am some what of a keyboard collector too.
I have sworn off Matias keyboards after four (!) quiet pros in a row developed dead keys on me after just a few months of use.
Which is a pity because they provide keyboard features that are really hard to find anywhere else.
Twice the price
That’s what I do with my Magic Trackpad 2. I do this because I use a USB switch to share the keyboard between two computers (a MBP and an 2009 iMac; I use the iMac as a monitor for the MBP).
I don’t own the Magic Keyboard, so I cannot try it, but I have a feeling it would work.
Now, can they build a Magic Mouse 2 with a charge jack on the END where it belongs?
Not if they have a decent battery controller …
My history with MacBooks that were plugged in all the time is populated with swollen batteries. Fortunately, those were all customer-removable.
Does Apple have to build keyboards with wires?
Some folks still prefer to avoid the need to recharge every little peripheral.
The backlit version is $99. The non-backlit one is $59.
Yeah, but did those generations of MB suffer from battery swell in general anyway?
(I mean, I got my Watch replaced for free for a battery swell issue – and what with nightstand mode it’s intended to be left on a charger half the time!
My suspicion is that it’s more “battery construction failure” than anything else; Apple can’t not understand how to build a battery controller these days.)
I don’t recall ever hearing much about battery swell before it happened to us. It occurred with both original-Apple-issue and with third-party replacements. One even prevented the trackpad button from depressing.
And yes, I’d like to think it’s a problem they’ve solved by now. But it also means I’ll never feel entirely comfortable using a laptop that’s plugged in all the time.
And isn’t it great there are companies that cater for these.
You mean, people who don’t enjoy having their work or play interrupted by low-battery warnings? Yeah, it is great.
But people are aware of that when they buy the product. If people don’t like it, they wouldn’t buy it. Or they buy it knowing they’ll also buy a wired keyboard.
Again, isn’t it great there are companies that cater for them.
Not if you’re suggesting it’s good that Apple’s leaving them behind because your use-case is different.