Those Apple peripherals
Is it just me, or are they terrible? I was in Noel Leeming today and they had the new Macs with the new Apple keyboard and a Mighty Mouse. The mouse was terrible cause it didn’t really fit into my hand, and if it did it wouldn’t of fit well.
The keyboard though was the worst ever (the worst ever mouse also goes to Apple for that hockey-puck style one – I have bad memories of that). I popped open Word to see what I could get. I kept missing the space bar, although soon got the hang of it but it required me to put my hand in an awkward position. I only wrote a few lines, and soon after using the keyboard both my hands had a slight, stinging pain and I felt it move up my arm into the shoulder.
I would hate to feel that after using the keyboard all day.
I watched Diggnation with Kevin Rose practically frothing at the mouth over the keyboard, with Alex just going “it’s a keyboard.” Kevin then went on to say it probably wasn’t designed for comfort. What use is a keyboard then if it is going to give you RSI after two minutes use?
Sure, the keyboard looked good, but as Kevin said it probably wasn’t designed for comfort, and it certainly didn’t feel like it. The Mighty Mouse on the other hand, what’s its excuse? It doesn’t look good, nor does it feel good.
My only problem with the mighty mouse is the right hand click which I’ve not used one long enough to get use to.
I had an opportunity to use the new keyboard last week, and I didn’t like it.
Aesthetically, the keyboard is pleasing - but there were two things I immediately thought: (1) the alphanumeric keys were too small (my biggest problem with the old Apple keyboard) and (2) there was very little give on each key.
Given the keyboards I regularly use have much more give, the latter caused me problems since I felt like I was bashing the keys - I was using more force than I needed.
Your pain causes me some worry - you should never feel pain from such short use of a peripheral - unless you have a problem already?