• 108 key ultra slim USB keyboard

• Enhanced Scissor-Key-Switches for thin keycaps with sensitive and responsive touch

• Built-in USB ports on both sides of the keyboard

• Easy to store inside keyboard drawer

• Ice white finish to complement your Mac

Stylish & Clean white extended keyboard. Low profile Scissor keys reduces key stroke travel distances and eases pressure on your finger tips.

This is, quite simply, the most comfortable keyboard my fingers have ever had the pleasure of using. It's low-profile, short-travel keys are more responsive than any keyboard I've ever seen. It requires far less effort than the long-travel typewriter-style keyboards that are so ubiquitous today. It's scissor-mechanism keys do produce a mechanical tickity-tackety sound when you're typing, but it's hardly obnoxious; I find it infinitely preferrable to the soft, lifeless feel of the quieter rubber-plunger-style key.

Now - for the best part! - the IceKey is made for the Mac computer, but it works just fine on a PC. It's USB interface will work with any PC that supports a USB keyboard. When you plug it in and boot, Windows will detect it as a new device; just let it find compatible USB device drivers in the c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder, and it works like a dream. There are four keys in the upper right corner of the keyboard (Volume Up, Volume Down, Mute, and CD Eject) that won't work on a PC because they require software driver support, and said drivers are only available for Mac. Honestly, it couldn't matter less to me. I LOVE this keyboard. It's easily the best $$ investment I've ever made toward my computing experience. I can't recommend it highly enough.

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Great keyboard for the typist  Oct 15, 2004 By Manuel A. Ricart "aricart"
This keyboard is great. I use it on both macs and pcs. The driver (mac only) is only required if you want to activate the extra volume and cd eject keys. Most of the keys have a fantastic feel, very similar to PowerBook but 'harder' to push in - this may improve with use.

The don't likes:
The spacebar because of its size seems flimsy and makes a different sound than the rest of the keys.
There is an extra key on the row.

It would be great if this key wasn't there and then its real estate given to the right (they are a bit smaller, but nothing you'll miss).

using the keyboard 'flat' feels great, and if you are moving from another apple keyboard hands fall right in.

The cord is super long, some people like that.

[its been a few weeks since I started using this keyboard - IT ROCKS!].

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Strangely flawed keyboard  Sep 17, 2008 By H. M. Lewis "HMarc"
I bought this keyboard because my Mac and PC friends said it had superior tactile feedback, and it does. However...

I was shocked to get a keyboard that didn't work properly with OS/X Leopard. The volume control keys didn't work at all, and suddenly I had to double-click a lot of screen controls on other apps that previously worked with a single click.

So I Googled it, and found there was a newer driver for Leopard that fixed MOST of the problems. I downloaded and installed it, and sure enough it did fix most of the problems. Now the volume keys work, but oddly the mouse still sometimes requires two clicks in other apps (like closing a tab in Firefox) where before it required just one.

As others have pointed out, there was zero documentation in the box. I suspect the average computer user, who wouldn't know enough to search for a newer driver, would be pretty disappointed with this keyboard.

It was fairly cheap at $30, and does have nicer key feel than the slimline keyboard that came with my 23" iMac, though it takes up a bit more desk space.

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Best keyboard I have used in years.  Mar 06, 2004 By Globewriter "globewriter"
I bought this keyboard for my ibook to spare the built-in k/b ( and because I simply can't type fast enough on the ibook's ). After shopping around on Amazon it came down to this one or the Apple Pro k/b. The cost and reviews of the icekey swayed me and I am ecstatic about my choice.

The keys are solid and respond quickly without the normal squishy computer keyboard feel. My fingers don't have to travel a mile and a half to register the keystroke and I enjoy hearing the gentle click after completing a key press.

The closest comparison to the feel to this keyboard is the keyboard on the Apple IIc that I had so many years ago ( I am dating myself..I realize).
I am really happy now. I can type at full speed, I have two USB ports ( just like an Apple Pro k/b) , and a full numerical keypad. I am also thrilled that the volume control keys and eject keys work flawlessly.

If looks concern you - this is one hot looking little number as well.

I am now hard at work trying to program the "mystery key" ( to the right of the control key) to trigger my coffee maker.

added:
I swear I tried to use the Apple keyboard on my iMac but honestly I was used to better so I just plugged in the MacAlly k/b and it is a thousand times better. I bought it for my ibook but it works perfectly with the iMac G5 and I reiterate that no k/b is better. As a writer the reaction of the keys is very important and this is now the best k/b I have ever used ( including the IIc).

Sadly, it has spoilt me totally and I cannot use any other keyboard now. MacAlly should win an award for creating this fine piece of machinery. And no...I have no connection with the company ( you can check me out in Fodor's Caribbean). This is an excellent and amazing keyboard and after almost 2 years it still looks amazing.

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Nothing new to report on this excellent keyboard  Aug 03, 2005 By A. Namba
Everyone else has probably already mentioned everything worth mentioning about this keyboard, but Amazon just sent me an email asking me to review this product, and I think it deserves another 5-star review.

I'm a programmer by day and a programmer by night, so naturally I need a great keyboard to keep from going insane or dying from RSI. I've tried a lot of them, believe me.

The icekey's flat design, minimal key travel, and solid tactile response work in concert to reduce typing stress. When typing feels this good, who needs one of those so-called "ergo keyboard" (you know, those weird shaped split keyboards that take up your entire desk)? I bought one for home use, then quickly bought another for the office.

My only niggle is the strange blank key that does nothing. Hardly enough to keep me from buying another one if one of mine dies, or if I had another computer that needed a keyboard. I wish the price of comfort was this low in other parts of my life.

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