Apple ripped off Ben!

stuartjmoore · Post by **stuartjmoore** » Tue May 16, 2006 3:03 pm

just to start a "* ripped off *" debate, look at the MacBook's new keyboard...

and Ben's...

BTW, I'll probably get one, white tho.

NES_fanatic · Post by **NES_fanatic** » Tue May 16, 2006 3:05 pm

sgtpepper · Post by **sgtpepper** » Tue May 16, 2006 3:18 pm

yeah... almost spammy

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Tue May 16, 2006 3:23 pm

The genius portrayed in this thread is almost unbearable.

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Tue May 16, 2006 3:25 pm

Wow I completely understand the point you are trying to make.

Post by **Skyone** » Tue May 16, 2006 3:27 pm

If you don't notice, that's what a NORMAL keyboard looks like. Look down, to the thing you bash your hands against.

Post by **Triton** » Tue May 16, 2006 3:28 pm

if thats sarcasm im totally dissapointed in ya joe, makes sence to me, the style of the keys (isolated and slightly rounded upraised squares) is remeniscent of bens atari 800 laptop and no, your dead wrong, unless you have a really F-ed up keyboard if you didnt notice there are no strips of plastic between the keys of a "normal" keyobard

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Tue May 16, 2006 3:29 pm

since when does mac make a bloack lappy?

Post by **Triton** » Tue May 16, 2006 3:32 pm

uhh, since the powerbook g3 and previous powerbooks and such

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Tue May 16, 2006 3:47 pm

iv never seen one

Post by **bicostp** » Tue May 16, 2006 3:53 pm

<img src="http://www.stolenkisses.net/matins/IMG_1794.jpg">
PowerBook 500 series, ca. 1993

<img src="http://www.rtis.com/nat/user/toolbox/oldmacs/pb100.gif">
PowerBook 100, the original bearing the PowerBook name.

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Apple's first true white portable, the Mac Portable. Dubbed the "Luggable", it weighed about 16 pounds with its built-in lead acid battery. Sure, that may seem like a lot now, but most luggable PCs at the time were much heavier and had CRT screens. (You can simulate that effect today with a PC-TV bridge and a 5" CRT-screen portable TV.) What can I say? The engineers basically were told to shrink down an SE, and parts like the floppy drive and hard drive are identical to the SE's.

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Tue May 16, 2006 5:12 pm

Triton wrote:if you didnt notice there are no strips of plastic between the keys of a "normal" keyobard

I hope they don't actually make the keyboards like that, it looks very unnatural and hard to get used to.

And yes it was sarcasm

daleighan · Post by **daleighan** » Tue May 16, 2006 5:21 pm

Boy I want one of those macbooks

Post by **Sparkfist** » Tue May 16, 2006 5:55 pm

Well it might just be the fact that they look to be about 3/16" and are just blocks. Most keyboards have some shape to them, like the one on my zv6000 laptop the edges are champed, and the Gateway keyboard for my tower is the typical generic one where the keys are slightly concave and tapper as they goto the top of the key.

The fact that they keys look simalar to Ben's is stupid, unless it's a joke then it's not very funny. If they had ripped Ben off the letters would have bee sunk into the keys.

joevennix · Post by **joevennix** » Tue May 16, 2006 8:22 pm

New picture:

That keyboard looks smooth, but uncomfortable. What's with the huge gaps between the keys?