- MICROSOFT ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD 4000 DISCONTINUED BLUETOOTH
- MICROSOFT ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD 4000 DISCONTINUED MAC
MICROSOFT ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD 4000 DISCONTINUED BLUETOOTH
Whilst I did like having the number pad on the Surface, the Bluetooth issues really were an annoyance. It’s so nice to type on, the keys really are fantastic. I’ve decided to go with the Sculpt primarily for the feel of the keyboard. So it was really between the Sculpt and Surface. The WinnerĪfter trying both the modern keyboards out I knew it was time for a change. At £119, only available from Microsoft, this really is a super expensive keyboard. Microsoft describe the keyboard as being “in stunning two-tone grey mélange Alcantara”, personally I’d rather they’d gone with black, this looks a bit dull to me. Like the Sculpt there are no dedicated smart keys, they are again combined with the standard functions keys. Normally, once the computer has woken the keyboard will reconnect automatically, however sometimes I do have go into the bluetooth settings to force a reconnection, which is really frustrating. I have to use either my laptop keyboard, or my mouse. I can’t use the keyboard to wake it despite having all the options set to allow Bluetooth wake in OS X.
MICROSOFT ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD 4000 DISCONTINUED MAC
This is great as it’s one less receiver in my USB hub, but unfortunately the Bluetooth connection doesn’t work great with my Mac when it sleeps. Rather than using USB wireless, the keyboard uses Bluetooth. The keys also have slightly sharp edges, which can make it a little uncomfortable at times. The keys have a much shorter travel than the Ergonomic, but are not as nice and snappy as the Sculpt. The layout is very similar to the Ergonomic keyboard and has an integrated number pad. I think this is fairly priced at £63.05 on Amazon, which includes the separate number pad and a mouse (I don’t use the mouse, I’m sticking with my Logitech M510). This is a bit clunky as my one touch mute has now become an awkward switch slide and then a mute. The extra functions keys have been removed and replaced by making the traditional functions keys multi purpose by use of a switch in the top right of the keyboard. The function keys are a really odd shape, I wish there were just normal keys like on the other two keyboards. You can use the separate one that comes with the keyboard but when I tried this I found myself knocking into it and flipping it over. The keys are super snappy making typing a breeze. It’s small, black, and looks great on my desk.
As this is now discontinued so I won’t consider it for this review. Natural Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard 7000Įxactly the same as the 4000, but wireless. At only £33 on Amazon this is a still great value keyboard. I did monitor eBay for a while, but a new one with a UK layout never came up. It’s also frustrating that the wireless model has been discontinued.
It really feels hard going after using one of the more modern keyboards. After trying the Sculpt and Surface keyboards and coming back to this, I found the keys to be really clunky and have way to much travel on them.
In the office I often use the mute button when I need to quickly tune into a conversation that’s going on around me. This keyboard has a great layout, with the integrated number pad and dedicated buttons for volume control. I work on a 2016 MacBook Pro, and have Apple headphones in most of the day so I can listen to music, do Skype calls, but still hear what’s going on in the office. Microsoft then finally launched the Surface Ergonomic Keyboard in the UK, so I ordered both and tried them out.īefore I kick off the review it’s worth mentioning my perspective: I spend most of my day programming Java in Eclipse on OS X, and I also use Emacs a fair bit to navigate around log files. So when a colleague of mine recently started using the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic Keyboard it prompted thoughts of a change. It’s always bothered me a little having the wire on my otherwise minimal desktop setup at work. I’ve been using Microsoft’s Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 keyboard at work, and the Natural Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard 7000 at home for as long as can remember.
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