I've had keyboards and mice on my mind for the last few days so I thought I'd see what you all are using. To get the poll rolling I asked a few of my colleagues here at TUAW HQ to chime in, too.David Chartier:
iMac - Apple Pro Keyboard with a Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 4.0. Most comfortable.mouse.ever. Sometimes I whip out the Mighty Mouse for multimedia/time-based work though.
MacBook - built in keyboard and usually the touchpad, though I bring along the Mighty Mouse from my iMac mainly because it packs in a bag easily.
Alex Wollenschlaeger:
I use the keyboard on my 12" PowerBook (one of the main reasons I got another PowerBook over a MacBook) and a Microsoft optical mouse. I've used other mice in the past and I've always come back to Microsoft ones. They just feel right. I carry it around with me everywhere because I don't like trackpads too much. Though the new scrolling feature goes a long way to rectifying that.
Scott McNulty:
I use the built-in in stuff on my MacBook. On my iMac I have Apple's included keyboard and a Logitech S 530 Laser mouse.
Dan Lurie:
When I'm not out and about with my PowerBook, it sits on an iCurve at my desk and I use the standard white Apple keyboard and Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer (which I love, but I need to get in a wireless
version). I'm actually in the market for a new keyboard due some wrist pain I've been having, so I've been looking at the GoldTouch Mac from KeyOvation.
As for me? On my home and office desktops I use the Matias OS X keyboard. The symbols are great for me since I always forget where they are. The extra control key and the caps-lock key being out of my way is a blessing and I really love the action on it. I'm a big fan of tactile keys - and this one is quieter than a typical tactile keyboard, which makes hubby happy, but it's still "clicky" enough to make me happy. My mouse is a 5-button, rockin' tilt-scroll Microsoft Wireless Intellimouse Explorer, which I would be lost without. When I'm on the PowerBook I generally stick with the built-in keyboard and trackpad since I'm typically on-the-go and it's just easier that way.
Hmmm... 4 out of 5 bloggers agree that what Microsoft lacks in the OS department they make up for with their mice, which rule. We don't agree on much around here so that's about as resounding of an endorsement as you're going to get from us.
Now it's your turn -- What mouse and keyboard are you using with your Mac(s) these days?
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11-07-2006 @ 8:11AM
Charles Barilleaux said...
I have a MacBook, and find the keyboard and trackpad adequate for general surfing and word processing in the living room.
At my desk, I typically use the built-in keyboard with a Microsoft optical mouse. I have a Logitech wireless keyboard that I keep on hand as well.
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11-07-2006 @ 8:14AM
Mo said...
I use my MacBook's keyboard and a Bluetooth Mighty Mouse. With my Mini, I use the standard Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. I also have a wired Mighty Mouse plugged into a PC laptop that's lying around.
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11-07-2006 @ 8:17AM
Ben Goulding-Huckle said...
I have a G4 quicksilver powermac and use a wired apple keyboard and wired mighty mouse, i really like apples keyboards & mouses.
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11-07-2006 @ 8:18AM
BLACKOUT said...
at my iMac, i use the apple wireless keyboard and mighty mouse.
but if i'm using windows, i use a microsoft keyboard and mouse.
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11-07-2006 @ 8:18AM
John from Buffalo said...
I use my Microsoft issued Linux killer keyboard chip - The Telekinesis.
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11-07-2006 @ 8:18AM
gozer said...
(MacBook Pro 15") sits on an iCurve at home with a Apple Wireless Keyboard below it and a Logitech MX1000. The MX1000's basestation/charger is plugged into the Dell 2005FPW that i have plugged into the MBP.
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11-07-2006 @ 8:18AM
Matt Grover said...
iBook G4 - depending on set-up either the builtin kbd & trackpad or, with a mightymouse, in certain circumstances possibly with a white, Apple Pro kbd.
PowerMac G4 - white Apple pro kbd with FCP editor's Keys or a white Apple pro kbd with Avid Xpress Key set and a mighty mouse.
Although the ball on my MM is well and truly buggered now :(
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11-07-2006 @ 8:21AM
Dane said...
Love the keyboard on my 15" PowerBook G4, and just recently upgraded to a guilty pleasure: the Revolution MX. Love the new scroll wheel.
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11-07-2006 @ 8:23AM
Scott said...
iMac - standard keyboard, I smashed the not-so-mightymouse in a fit of rage.
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11-07-2006 @ 8:25AM
This is Me said...
Microsoft Natural Elite (ergonomic board) and a Logitech TrackMan Wheel. Great action on the MS board; love them or hate them this is the best keyboard I've found -- I type 6 to 8 hours a day solid.
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11-07-2006 @ 8:30AM
Mephistophelian said...
Macbook keyboard and standard Apple wired mouse. Right hand on mouse and two fingers on left hand for trackpad scrolling and ctrl clicking.
Works for me.
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11-07-2006 @ 8:31AM
keso said...
I have MacBook Pro CD and I use Apple Wireless keyboard and Logitech V270 bluetooth mouse.
Both are great. =)
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11-07-2006 @ 8:34AM
Jonathan said...
for my iMac G5 I use the apple wireless keyboard and the microsoft itellimouse explorer 4.0
for my powerbook G4 I have a wireless logitech keyboard and mouse for when I'm at the house, but I leave the keyboard behind when I head over to starbucks or the likes...
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11-07-2006 @ 8:34AM
eleongonzales said...
I use the logitech laser combo... great multimedia keyboard that is flat and feels like a laptop keyboard. The mouse is great- very comfortable, volume controls, forward back, tilt scroll... I love the mouse the most.
Very Mac, white and silver styling.
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11-07-2006 @ 8:36AM
Allan Leedy said...
Use Apple wireless keyboard and wireless mighty mouse at my desk; take the wireless mouse with me when the MBP travels. Can't beat the Apple keyboard; and the mouse may not be the best, funcionally, but it's the best-looking.
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11-07-2006 @ 8:36AM
zaphod said...
I have an ibook and use the keyboard and trackpad built in. I have installed iscroll 2 so I get scrolling on the trackpad.
I also have a old G4 tower I use a media center which has a standard apple keybaoard and mouse however normally its opperated by miri and a apple remote
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11-07-2006 @ 8:39AM
petesopete said...
I use my MBP's keyboard and trackpad. When I'm gonna be doing some extensive work, I'll use a wired Mighty Mouse.
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11-07-2006 @ 8:39AM
Emir Beskurt said...
I use 17' Macbook Pro. I use its own keyboard and Mighty Mouse with a wire. But the scroll for mouse is broken i guess. It is easy to brake it you know.
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11-07-2006 @ 8:42AM
androo said...
So many Mighty Mice! I can't stand those things ... I use an Apple Pro Keyboard and a Kensington Orbit Optical Trackball. If I'm home I switch to the Kensington Expert Mouse Trackball.
I never was too keen on trackballs until I actually started using one (at my first design agency job 6 years ago) and have never really looked back.
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11-07-2006 @ 8:42AM
artist-illustrator said...
G4 iMac - Pro Keyboard and Pro Mouse.
being a heavy user of Photoshop and Illustrator for 8 years or so, my left hand is allways on the keyboard for switching between tools. so using control for my right clicking needs is no big deal as my thumb is always resting on it anyway.
i do believe things would change though if i were to get my hands on a MB/MBP. I have never actually used a laptop for anything other than some quick internet browsing, and i think that if i were to do any actual work for a long period of time on one, I'd need a little more help from my mouse
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