Kensington 64366 SlimType Standard Keyboard for Mac

by Kensington

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 8.5 x 1.3 inches ; 1.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002K6XOA
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• Item model number: 64366
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 5, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Kensington 64366 Slim Type Keyboard for Mac is just the slim, stylish keyboard your Apple deserves, with a low-profile form packed with performance and convenience. Taking its inspiration from Apple's sleek lines, the Kensington 64366 features clean styling, with laptop-style keys for a faster, lighter action, and scissor-switch technology that delivers crisp, responsive touch typing. Utilizing the standard 104-key layout, this Slim keyboard also features convenient and intuitive hot keys for both one-touch multimedia control, and to launch sleep and calculator modes. The Kensington 64366 is guaranteed to work right out of the box via any open USB port, with long-lasting reliability that is backed by a five-year manufacturer's warranty and free technical support.

Product Description

Complement Apple style with a sleek, slim keyboard.
A stylish Apple computer deserves an equally stylish keyboard. The Kensington SlimType Keyboard for Apple Computers takes its inspiration from Apple''s distinctive sleek lines and contemporary design. That low-profile form is then packed with performance and convenience functions. Low-travel, scissor-switch technology delivers a crisp, responsive touch for faster typing. And multimedia hot keys provide intuitive, one-button control of audio and video playback.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars great action, but where's the USB?, February 12, 2005

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Jujube "Jujube" (NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kensington 64366 SlimType Standard Keyboard for Mac (Personal Computers)

I ordered this because I wanted a full media keyboard with the short key travel time of a laptop. The Kensington slim type certainly has that. No clunky keys, great action and sensitivity for fast easy typing. It's shorter than the average keyboard, keys a little more congested than Apple's extended keyboard, but has all of the functions and works well... except for the following:

The down sides:
1. It has no USB port for a mouse!!!!! I had to waste one of my computer ports and the mouse cord isn't quite long enough to reach comfortably. Will now have to invest in a wireless mouse. Can't believe that I made fun of Kensington's Pocket Mouse for laptops with its 6' long cord. Now I know that its real use should be for desktops using the Slim Type keyboard...
2. Requires CD or online software installation to operate. Had my keyboard been dead, I wouldn't have been able to use it at all.

I couldn't decide whether or not to give this 3 or 4 stars, but opted for 4 because of the great key action and smooth typing.

UPDATE: 6 months later the occasional key began sticking. A year later it happens much more frequently. Simply typing the last sentence I had to backspace to pound on the "c" and "e." However, when all of the keys are working properly, the action is still excellent.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Fingers Just Love this Baby, April 8, 2005

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Zachary Hackett (Reno, Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kensington 64366 SlimType Standard Keyboard for Mac (Personal Computers)

I have an iBook and after having gone through a keyboard at over a hundred bucks, I decided to buy an additional USB keyboard to use when I'm working at my desk. It saves wear and tear on the iBook, plus it puts the screen a little further away and that's good as it seems my eyes want reading glasses when the screan is in my face.

My gal pal Sara has an iMac with an Apple keyboard and the keys on the back rows are higher then the ones on the front. This would not be good for me, so I went looking and came up with this gem from Kensington. The keys are flat, feel about like the iBook keys and they are responsive as all get out. And there are these nifty controls at the top of the keyboard to control iTunes. Such a deal. I like the numeric keypad as well. I type sixty to seventy wpm without looking and my fingers have no problems with this baby and I even like the sound the keys make when you tap them down, makes me feel like I'm a cub reporter. Just call me Jimmy.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you want a PowerBook keyboard for your desktop then this is it, January 13, 2006

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Mike - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kensington 64366 SlimType Standard Keyboard for Mac (Personal Computers)

I've used many keyboards from both Mac and PC computers and found my PowerBook's keyboard to be the most comfortable and enjoyable one to use. This SlimType keyboard feels very similar to my PowerBook. This is basically a laptop keyboard made for desktop compters. This means that is has the short actions of a laptop keyboard, which I find a lot better because it takes very little effort and finger movement to press each keys. This keeps my hands from becoming tired and painful after hours of typing. I've used ergonomic keyboards and I find that I don't need them with this keyboard. With a standard keyboard I get constant wrist pains but that all went away when using my Powerbook, so for those of you who also suffer from this problem this might be a good alternative to learning and using an ergonomic keyboard.

I've also used several PC laptops and find that Apple's PowerBook is still the best so it's not simply a laptop style design that makes this keyboard so great. For example, I've also used MacAlly's IceKey and find that it's too stiff for my liking. The IceKey is also another laptop style keyboard for desktops but they didn't get the PowerBook's feel. Apple designed a great keyboard for their PowerBooks and Kensington copied it for desktop users.

Also because of the short action, I've noticed that I type faster with my PowerBook and this keyboard. There simply is just less finger movement and this adds up over time. When I go back to Apple's standard keyboard my fingers feels like it sinks too far down for each key pressed.

There are some downsides though. The home, page up, page down, and end keys are in a non-standard layout so it will take some getting used to. The keys are laid straight down in the order I mentioned. It didn't take me long to get used it but for those of you who use those key often it might take longer to get used to the new layout. The apple command keys are also much smaller than the standard apple keyboard. It's basically the same size as the letter keys. It wasn't a big issue for me but it might take some getting used to. Lastly, the biggest flaw to most users would be that there are no USB ports. This really isn't much of an issue to PC users because most PC keyboards don't have USB ports but Apple has gotten Mac users used to this idea with their standard keyboard. I have plenty of USB ports on my Power Mac but for those who don't have any free USB ports then this might be an issue. You can always buy a cheap USB hub if it is a major issue for you.

Because of these reasons, I didn't give this keyboard 5 stars. I consider 5 stars as perfect but this keyboard is very close to that. It's also the only keyboard that I've tried that is very close to my PowerBook. I can live with those downsides for the great typing feel of this keyboard. Those flaws that I mentioned are also easily fixed by Kensington so if enough of us write them an email then they can make this keyboard a perfect 5 stars.