PRO:
+ Great Keyboard
+ GREAT typing feeling
+ Very similar feel to the native MacBook keyboard (but this one feels a little better)
+ Full size (Large Ctrl key left/right and numeric keypad) which is great for programmers using emacs (lots of use of Ctrl key)
+ Solar (nice touch!)
CON:
+ Short keystroke - Not everybody will like this. I always loved a deeper logitech wave or classic deeper keystroke
+ Not bluetooth... so it consumes a precious USB port with the unity receiver (tiny but still uses a port)
+ The Ctrl Key is small and not in the keyboard's leftmost position (programmers using Emacs use Ctrl a lot) [Same a Macbook and apple wireless keyboard]
For various reasons, I ended up with the following three devices connected to my MacBook Air:
+ Apple bluetooth keyboard
+ Logitech K750 for Mac
+ Logitech K760 for Mac (this review).
I will write feedback on all three devices here.
The K750 and K760 are a lovely keyboards... typing feels nice, their keys press feels a little different than the macbook
which stops short of a normal full strike. Both these keyboards somehow feel a little "deeper"...
The k750 has a smoother more firm and rubbery feeling than the K760 or the Apple wireless.
Both the K760 and the apple keyboard have a bit of a loose key feel to it (you shake the keyboard and you'll hear the keys
rattling... not so with the k750. The apple wireless keyboard is very similar to the K760. But frankly, after using any of those
3 keyboards for a while you won't mind the difference one way or the other. They are all very good keyboards.
The K760 connects to up to 3 Bluetooth device (select the one from 3 dedicated keys) and works well with my Macbook Air (as expected)
but also perfectly well on my Nexus 7 android tablet and my galaxy S3 Android phone! It doesn't have the dedicated Android keys that
you might find on the logitech android keyboard (which I also played with) but this is a MUCH nicer full size keyboard!
Problem : F keys to adjust display brightness don't work (on K760 and K750)
Solution: Disconnect Apple bluetooth keyboard and all they F keys shortcuts now magically work fine on both K760/K750.
Problem: K760 keyboard & Apple keyboard both are missing a dedicated "DEL" key (the delete on those two keyboards is really a Backspace.
Solution: Press the "fn" key as you press the delete and it then behaves like a real delete key (i.e. deletes on the right of the cursor).
This works for both the K760 and the Apple keyboard.
Problem: Some people will miss the pgUp/pgDn/home/end and numeric keypad.
Solution: get the K750 or purchase a 3rd pary bluetooth keypad (mixed review on those)
Since I don't have a lot of numerical data entry to perform, the choice between the wireless apple keyboard
and the two logitech (K750 and K760) is purely based on the typing feel.
On that note, the K750 does have a slightly larger Control key which is conveniently located in the leftmost
corner of the keyboard which is VERY useful for a programmer using the Emacs editor a lot (i.e. ME).
I would pick either Logitech keyboard over the Apple wireless one any day as it has the same typing feel but more features for the same or cheaper price.
Between the K750 and the K760 is a bit of a toss up. I like that the K750 has a nice full Ctrl key, full size arrow keys and don't care
either way about the fact that it has a numeric keyboard (many people might). I'll have to use both keyboard over a few more days
to decide which I will keep. That in itself should speak volume to the fact that both are excellent devices and either one should
make you a happy camper!
The good news is that there is not bad choice between those 3 keyboards... only slightly better ones.
| Wireless Type | 2.4 GHz Radio Frequency |
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