Dear list One of the unfortunate things for me with the new I-Mac was the small toy like keyboard. By friday night my left wrist was in agony and had to be strapped up with tubular bandages. My right wrist was also in bad shape. I had to do something urgently about this. After discussing this with the Apple store they said that many people found the now discontinued A1016 a better keyboard to use with the I-Mac.
I found one of the first generation A1016 selling on Ebay for # £12 with £4 delivery. Whilst the A1016 is far from the ergonomic keyboard I am used to it is far superior for my needs than the supplied small keyboard. For this who do not know the A1016 it is a bluetooth keyboard. It takes 4 AA batteries I think. Pairing was not straightforward. I could not do it whilst the original keyboard was still plugged into the Mac. I had to get sighted help to paired the keyboard by using the Trackpad to navigate the pairing dialogues. Once paired the keyboard worked immediately and predictably. There are a few small differences between this keyboard and the newer versions. There is no FN key, instead in eht place where the FN key resides on the new keyboard is a help key on this older version. This keyboard is not dissimilar in dimensions to the newer models with one significant exception. It is at least 3 times thicker than the newer models. It is positively chunky by comparison. The keys therefore have a far greater travel and there is a good positive feedback from the springs . keys. The depth of the keys means the the different key groups on the are easy to feel by touch. Unfortunately the function keys and number row are again placed in an unbroken single row. I placed a few tactile bumps to help me navigate these rows quickly.. most importantly the keyboard is an appropriate height to allow he use of a wrist support whilst typing. The pain in my left wrist has been steadily reducing since yesterday. All in all I would recommend this keyboard to anybody who is getting RSI injury from using the new ultra thin Apple keyboards. RegardsDavid Griffith <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
