Recently picked up a couple of
these babies from Best Buy with an Amazon pricematch. Not intended to be comprehensive, just a running list of some product notes.
Review
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| Great board. |
- Light, but solid. Sturdy typing experience, especially on solid surfaces (table, tray, etc.)
- Perfect size.
- My medium-sized hand can grab along the width, length, and depth. Making it easy to pick up, put down, and carry along any edge and corner.
- The thin bezel means it stores easily, and can be catered towards any wrist-rest setup you might have.
- Compatible on multiple platforms: Windows, Linux, KVM (the switch, not virtualization). Not sure about Macs; manual makes no mention
- AA batteries and power switch. For input devices, conventional batteries wins over fixed lithium, any day
- Additional drivers/software unnecessary for most features, nice-to-haves are found here
The only real knock I've found with this model is that the arrow keys are a little hard to differentiate with the Ctrl and Alt keys on the right. What they did with the K830 was one viable solution; moving the arrows keys to below the area below the mouse buttons would be another. You can differentiate the keys yourself by lightly scoring the keys (or drill a hole if you need something more raised), or put on a sticker you had lying around the home.
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| In my case, I cut a triangle from the stencil of door-knub stickers. |
Tips, Tricks, and Notes
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| That gap, subtle but crucial, allows you to pick up from the side with one hand. |
In tech, the simpler you write, the better. And so:
- Scroll-lock key accessible with the key combination, Fn-Caps Lock
- Touchpad: two-finger tap = right-click
- Yellow left-click allows for precise/efficient drag-and-drops with two hands.
- The wireless receiver can be tucked into the housing found on the battery cover
- You can actually stand the keyboard vertically on it's top edge (duh)!
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