Matias Products Tactile Pro USB Keyboard for Mac

by Matias

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• ASIN: B0000DFI06
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 6, 2006

Product Description

The best keyboard Apple ever made rises again! MATIAS has brought quality back to the Mac keyboard marketplace. The Tactile Pro Keyboard uses the same premium keyswitch technology Apple used in its original Apple Extended Keyboard, widely viewed as the best keyboard Apple ever made. Built to last, and covered by a 5 year few-questions-asked warranty! For users with Macintosh OS X 10.1+, there's an extra bonus - volume/mute keys that Apple includes in it's own latest keyboard (which feels like a your typing on a wet sponge- no spring in its keys) are included in the Tactile Plus. These functions are controlled by the included software that comes with this keyboard & is not compatible with pre 10.1 OS

Customer Reviews

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great keyboard - a great company - buy one!, September 25, 2004

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This review is from: Matias Products Tactile Pro USB Keyboard for Mac (Personal Computers)

I used an Apple Extended keyboard for years, and never thought I'd see anything like it again - and then I bought this keyboard. It's really wonderful - my typing is more accurate with it, and the inclusion of optional characters on the key caps is so helpful that I'm amazed no one's done it before. The company is also terrific. The first one I bought had two malfunctioning switches (which is rare based on all I've read), and they bent over backwards to make sure my replacement one worked. I'm strongly considering buying a second one so I can have one both at the office and at home - I'm completely sold on this. If you do a great deal of typing, do yourself a favor and get this keyboard!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Keyboard, what's with the glitch, September 24, 2005

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This review is from: Matias Products Tactile Pro USB Keyboard for Mac (Personal Computers)

This is a great keyboard, the keys click like the old style computer keyboards. My girlfriend and I made a lot of typos on our standard apple keyboard because it was mushy and you never knew if you hit a key.

However, everytime I log out the keyboard assisstant comes up. I emailed tech support for matias, they responded it will appear once and you'll be done, I emailed back a month ago no, it comes up everytime, they have never responded. I can't find any info to help me on this online. It's annoying, but I'm keeping the keyboard because I can't type on the apple and this thing was expensive. I'm just hoping this problem doesn't last forever.

[Update] OSX update or something took away the keyboard assistant, no thanks to matias who never responded to me. However, I went to take off the top to clean, because underneath the strange clear plastic on top, dirt accumulates. Well, the cheap plastic tabs broke off, and the USB ports won't go back in place. 100 dollar matias now sitting on floor as I type on my apple OEM keyboard. Would change to 2 stars because you can't take care of it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great keyboard but key lettering wears off too quickly, September 9, 2005

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This review is from: Matias Products Tactile Pro USB Keyboard for Mac (Personal Computers)

This is a great keyboard and is actually fun to type on. It's quite clicky, just how I like my keyboards. Be aware that it's a bit noisy to type on so if you are in an office or home situation, you could possibly annoy those around you with the sounds of your typing on this keyboard.

Also, I am dissappointed that the lettering on the keys seems not very sturdy. After just about a year, my Tactile Pro lettering is wearing off a little on certain often used keys. While this is a minor issue, it's an issue nevertheless. I've not had lettering on any other keyboards wear off to this extent.

The Tactile Pro has a great feel and after typing on it, there's no going back to a regular keyboard. But I wish it was a bit sturdier in terms of the lastibility of the lettering on the keys.