Great but flawed design | Kensington Slim Type Keyboard

Kensington SlimType Keyboard | Kensington Slim Type Keyboard - PC ( 64365 )

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	• Kensington Slim Type Keyboard - PC ( 64365 ) Kensington Kensington average customer review:based on 84 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great keyboard!

I have several laptops and one of them is a great laptop with a terrible keyboard. So I purchased this keyboard to try to improve the situation... what a dream this keyboard is to type on! If you like a laptop-style keyboard with a low range of motion, rather than typical desktop-style keyboards with a greater range of motion in the keys, this keyboard is for you. I simply plugged it into the USB on day 1 and it works. Because it's very slim, I sit it right on top of the laptop keyboard. I have never even used the "special" keys it has, like "Sleep," but I love typing on it so much I bought another one for another laptop. It simply has the greatest feel to type on!

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Great but flawed design

Ive been using this keyboard for over a year now, and simply put, it is BEAUTIFUL as keyboards go, great for typing, and somewhat compact. That's pretty much all that's good about it: you'll love the feel and looks.

Now, on the negative side, it suffers from some of the worst special-button layout in the history of keyboards. The Volume-Up/Volume-Down and Mute buttons are simply in the dumbest, most illogical, ridiculous, hard-to-memorize places one could possible hope to put them. They are among the silver buttons on the top button-bar, but are surrounded on both sides by other buttons, so you can never just reach down blindly and hit them in the dark. It's a nightmare. I mean, for crying out loud, the Calculator button is on the far right where the Mute should be.

Simply put, whoever designed the special-buttons bar needs to be handed this keyboard and told to try making volume adjustments for an hour, in the dark.

That alone makes this keyboard almost not worth getting.

Other negative issues include the fact that the silver border around the edges of the keyboard has all but entirely worn off on the bottom half of the keyboard, exposing a beige strip of plastic. I don't really care, but the thing is supposed to be metal for a KB that costs this much.

So, all-in-all, its a great keyboard with a massive, drive-you-up-the-wall flaw that really should be a turning point in deciding whether or not you get it.

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Kensington SlimType Keyboard

I really like my new Kensington keyboard. It is a bit smaller than most keyboards, without sacrificing the size of the keys and plus it has 8 hotkeys for ease and convenience. Since I have limited space, I wanted a smaller keyboard. This fits perfectly. And, as a bonus, it is very attractive and stylish.

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Awesome keyboard

I have used this keyboard for quite some time, and I really really like it. Its got that laptop feel to it, with the short quick snappy key strokes. Takes very little effort to press the keys. And you get the laptop keys, AND a full numeric pad.

And the calculator key has been great, I use that a lot.

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Great laptop like keyboard

I have had this keyboard for over a year. I still works flawlessly. It has gotten a bit more expensive!

Pros:
- Relatively compact and low height
- Keys feel great for laptop user. Even pressure and low profile
- Sleep, Calculator, Mute, Volume Up/Down keys work very well in XP

Cons:
- Chrome finish is only option?

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