Apple’s PR team is spot on in their marketing description:įor Magic Keyboard, we re-engineered the scissor mechanism to increase key stability by 33 percent and optimized key travel. Pushing in a key continues the same trend. With flatter, seemingly larger keys, and more economical use of the keyboard’s surface area, the Magic Keyboard feels larger and more precise under your fingertips. Part of the experience will be chalked up to a flatter design - the older Wireless Keyboard’s keys were much rounder at the edge, providing less surface area for your finger tips to rest.Īnother part will be in Apple’s absolute use of space - unlike the Wireless Keyboard, the Magic Keyboard is a rectangular slab of keys and buttons with no wasted space.

The Magic Keyboard’s keys feel noticeably larger under your fingertips, even if they aren’t larger per se. But taking a closer look and snapping out a phrase in Notes.app will quickly reveal the amount of re-thinking that has taken place. Throw the Magic Keyboard a quick glance and you may not notice its refinements. The most prescient feature of the Magic Keyboard is its unequivocal design. It’ll make your desk look pristine and minimalist just by being there. The Magic Keyboard holds a special spot in my book as the most beautiful keyboard on the market. Apple’s latest keyboard is a declaration of speed, precision, and size, and I doubt you’ll find a more forward-thinking keyboard on the market today. I’ve been flat out surprised by how close the Apple Magic Keyboard has come to replacing my favorite Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad. But that doesn’t mean Apple’s latest Magic won’t measure up for you. And the Magic Trackpad 2 is set to replace the Magic Trackpad, which itself garnered a standard “OK”, but never came close in my book to the features of a trusty mouse.Īfter all is said and done, I won’t be changing my peripherals at this point in time. The Magic Keyboard has been introduced as a replacement for the very-widely loved Wireless Keyboard, and in extension the Keyboard with Numeric Keypad. You could say Apple’s latest peripherals have their work cut out for them. Right off the bat, the Magic Trackpad 2 was fighting an uphill battle. But under just about every aspect, a trackpad doesn’t offer the precision, the comfort, and the speed of a standard mouse.

Apple’s trackpads are the best on the market, hands down. I’ve never been fond of a trackpad at all, instead opting for a physical mouse whenever possible.

Trackpads are a different narrative altogether. It too loses the battery housing, but picks up almost 30% more surface area. The Apple Magic Trackpad 2, on the other hand, has grown considerably in size. By eliminating the battery housing and making more efficient use of space, the Magic Keyboard looks like a more tightened product. The Apple Magic Keyboard has shrunken down in size slightly.

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