Microsoft Vista-Optimized Keyboard on Tap for This Fall

Microsoft Vista-Optimized Keyboard on Tap for This Fall

Tech_Dude_5000 on 30 June 2006 - 12:40 · 27 comments & 11730 views

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#1 petroid on 30 Jun 2006 - 12:42

Ooh, Ima so get one of those to compliment my Wireless Desktop Elite for my Media Center PC... That Media Center Keyboard was cool, but...

#2 *John* on 30 Jun 2006 - 12:44

Pass.....

#3 digitalsoft on 30 Jun 2006 - 12:47

yeah ummmm, im gonna get me one of those

#4 Xavien on 30 Jun 2006 - 13:01

hmm no numpad? and home/end keys are tiny buttons above the keyboard? not to mention the thing is probably gonna be expensive, this thing will probably work for media centers, but not for real computer work imho.

I think ill stick to my Logitech MX3100 Series Desktop (Logitech MX Laser Mouse and nifty keyboard, but the f keys are a bit small for it, but still awesome)

Don't get me wrong i had a Microsoft Wireless Elite desktop before this, but i couldn't stand the F keys automatically switching on, on computer boot-up, plus the mouse was a bit uncomfortable for my relatively small hands.

(3 replies) #5 icecaveman on 30 Jun 2006 - 13:05

If you didn't notice it's a Media Center keyboard... so no numpad on it.

The green Windows Orb indicates it's the Media Center line of products and if you didn't notice it has a mouse on it similar to the IBM ThinkPad laptops... The Blue Windows Orb indicates this is a Windows Vista product. Also why did they remove the Windows Logo from the Windows key? There are so many questions about this that need to be answered.

#5.1 Xavien on 30 Jun 2006 - 13:08

according to both the article and the page itself, theres no mention of a media center keyboard (even on the flash demo it shows the desktop itself connected to a normal computer, not the media center stuff on the TV), it is supposed to be the 'ultimate' desktop (according to microsofts website), how can it be the ultimate desktop if it has no numpad?

definately lots of questions to be answered.

#5.2 lbmouse on 30 Jun 2006 - 13:25

MS *IS* advertising it for work applications... w/o a numpad there is no way I could use it at the office. Even at home the lack of the numpad would be an inconvenience.

#5.3 Octol on 02 Jul 2006 - 04:33

"MS *IS* advertising it for work applications... w/o a numpad there is no way I could use it at the office. Even at home the lack of the numpad would be an inconvenience."

Agreed.

(1 reply) #6 jdb264c on 30 Jun 2006 - 13:16

Thisi SO offtopic but isn't the flashmovie the amateurish/ugliest you've seen in ages? Cool keyboard though!

#6.1 poot on 30 Jun 2006 - 18:06

haha yeah i though that, bad soundtrack too....

#7 TheReaperMan on 30 Jun 2006 - 13:18

because in the ultimate version of vista it includes the mce stuff also the windows key is being used for flip3d etc now, so that maybe why they have taken the logo off?

#8 grafXguru on 30 Jun 2006 - 13:19

hmm... experience it first? ambient backlighting?

I did. My Powerbook. :p

(3 replies) #9 Chugworth on 30 Jun 2006 - 13:32

Interesting. But I'm still hoping that someday the Optimus Keyboard will be released.

#9.1 TheReaperMan on 30 Jun 2006 - 13:57

same here it may be out in 2050

#9.2 *John* on 30 Jun 2006 - 14:35

Quote - Chugworth said @ #9

Interesting. But I'm still hoping that someday the Optimus Keyboard will be released.

WOW, I want I want I want!

#9.3 theyarecomingforyou on 30 Jun 2006 - 16:49

Count me in... that looks good, though the resolution looks a bit lacking.

#10 acnpt on 30 Jun 2006 - 13:58

I want! I want! I want!.......only if it gets a numpad tho.
That Optimus keyboard also looks fantastic!

#11 hotdog963al on 30 Jun 2006 - 14:23

ummm...Eww..?
That mouse is like.. Urgh.
How dare they call that the "ULTIMATE" Keyboard!

#12 Audhumla on 30 Jun 2006 - 15:31

That is the single most useless flash tour I have ever seen. 99% of the screen is filled with gigantic useless letters while any decent pictures of the keyboard are flashed for fractions of a second...

#13 guiness on 30 Jun 2006 - 15:35

I'm pretty sure this isn't that revolutionary...backlighting that senses when the lights turn off has been standard on Powerbooks for years...

Way to be creative Microsoft.

#14 phantasmorph on 30 Jun 2006 - 16:09

Am I the only one that unconsciously smirks every time I read "innovation" in an article dealing with Microsoft?

#15 the1sttransport on 30 Jun 2006 - 16:28

I think it's very, very ugly.

#16 ZEROarmy on 30 Jun 2006 - 18:14

no number pad = fail

#17 Magallanes on 30 Jun 2006 - 19:51

Backlight for a keyboard?. It's only a fancy feature because many (almost all) users don't need to see the keyboard. I bet that many neowin's users have a keyboard filled with dust (and rest of snacks).

#18 Gergith on 01 Jul 2006 - 04:52

there is only one pro that i can find... this is the first wireless keyboard i have found with a charger,i mean... i have the logitech lx mx or whatever700 keyboard mouse set.. where the mouse has a charger craddle.. and the keyboard requires batteries... i mean why the HELL cant i charge my keyboard? these companies are absolutly retarded!

so im VERY glad microsofty didnt go the same route

thank you

it lookes pretty neat.. im glad its not shaped like a boomerang ;-)

#19 jbrunt1990 on 03 Jul 2006 - 19:48

forget that, im getting a optimus keyboard

#20 ruey on 04 Jul 2006 - 23:29

wow it looks good. and so does the flash

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