Computer keyboards started showing up in offices around the world in the early 1980s as the IBM (IBM) 5150, or “PC,” elbowed in the contemporary computer age. Thirty years of innovations in design and technology have transformed these “business machines” into household objects — contrast the original PC’s cabinet-sized beige plastic case and screen with the iMac’s lithe and wispish panels of anodized aluminum and glass. However, since we still use keyboards pretty much the same way that

public did in the ’80s, there hasn’t been as much scope for innovation. And since most computer manufacturers throw in a keyboard as standard, you might think there wasn’t much of a case to be made for custom keys. But you’d be wrong.

Manufacturers typically settle on one side of the classic anatomy or operate dilemma. Apple’s (AAPL) “ultra-thin” wireless keyboard pwns the minimalist end of the scale with a design […]

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