Is it Mac aluminum skinny? No. But it still looks good and I may buy one when I finally replace Old Faithful?

Do you hear me, you stupid 7 year-old Dell Dimension 8100 media server? Your days are numbered.

OMG! Ponies!

I don't know about bars 0.38 inch apart where A nocturnal animal is kept but what this lacks in fatitude in makes up in skininess and high hills.

Valicious

Hello new keyboard!

strider_mt2k

@RainyDayInterns: You know, Italian fashion models still take up the same amount of oxygen as regular women and lack any compelling use other than being thin. You don't see anyone bad-mouthing them.

OMG! Ponies!

It doesn't look like the numpad is backlit, it could be the angle though. Very nice though. My MBP already has a backlit ambient keyboard, but if I had a desktop I would totally get this.

Jon B.

We love the diNovo keyboard and are always impressed with Logitech's...

DiNovo FirstLook:
[www.rainydaymagazine.com]

DiNovo FirstUse:
[www.rainydaymagazine.com]

However, we are a little lost on the utility of a really thin keyboard. It is not like it takes up less desk space when it is thinner. We are missing the point of this "feature" and would definitely want to hear about a compelling use for a "thin" keyboard.

RainyDayInterns

Dammit! Make it wireless, I don't care if it has to use 8 AAA or even 10 or 12! Eneloops!

Better yet, lithium batt that recharges with USB while keeping the keyboard working. You already do this with the combo version of the MX1100 mouse Logitech! (And why the hell don't you do it with the standalone MX1100 anyway?)

andyo

It looks nice, comes from a quality gadget manufacturer, and has a fairly sized wrist rest. May give this one a try... Although I'm more than happy with my current one.

Hvedhrungr

@RainyDayInterns: It's not about use, it's always about looks.

I like the keyboard, but don't care about aesthetics... so I'll just keep my cheap-o 12 bucks keyboard that has the main thing I like on DiNovo keyboards: laptop-like keys.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

I like the backlit feature, since a lot of the typing I do is in the dark (dont ask). I miss having the feel of real keys though, not enough tactile sensation to feel where my fingers are on the keyboard, which is a downside of laptops for me as well.

Curves

I like this one, what it seems to me is that it's a prettier, slimmer and more back-lit version of their previous Ultra-X which I currently use. Hopefully the swedish layout will have a bigger return key like we're used to here in our tiny country.

Anyone know if the "wrist-rest" detachable?

kerryo

@RainyDayInterns:
Some people are not very fond of keyboards with a long travel.

Crusty old-timers type hard, like they used to on those loud buckling spring and mechanical keyswitch keyboards, and then complain about how much their fingers hurt on these newfangled thin keyboards.

Many young whippersnappers, however, type fairly lightly thanks to growing up with rubber dome and scissor key keyboards, and the longer the keys have to travel for a keystroke to register, the more typos there are bound to be.

DisposableInterloper

Logitech is starting to piss me off with their rearranging of the Home/End/Insert/Delete/Pageup/Pagedown keys. The Cordless Wave is a great keyboard but I constantly hit the wrong key when trying to goto the end because they moved the END key where the page up key is supposed to be.

Now this one they put the end key back but moved the insert key! Stop it!

DssTrainer

I still have an old school dinovo that is going strong, but this might be enough for me to finally sell it. Would be nice to have a full sized num-pad as well, and the fact that it's dead sexy doesn't hurt.

15sunrises

Still looking for a back-lit ergo keyboard like the MS 7000. The 8000 is just curved and flat, not truly ergo.

inajeep

I'm still using my PS2 keyboard from 8 years ago. Microsoft, $8, crumbs and all still working like a charm. Never got into new getting a new one and works the best.

Maybe it's time to splurge?

k3n85

What is the necessity of you people and your thin keyboards? Thick beefy keyboards are way more functional. Why do you think hardcore typists hang onto their Model M keyboards? They may be loud and ugly but I'll be damned if they'll ever break. And those mechanical keys make your fingers tingle. In the good way. :) Those laptop style keyboards will slow you down.

Zencyde

I have an original DiNovo Keyboard / Mouse combo. It's allright, but I hate the bluetooth connection - every time I need to reinstall an OS or there's a boot issue, I need to hunt for a USB keyboard since the BT model doesn't work if the drivers aren't loaded.

I like the idea of an illuminated keyboard though. My keyboard rests on a pullout shelf on my desk at home, and unless I have the lights on in my office, I can't see the keys. I solved the problem by buying a very thin LCD light strip at Lowe's ($10) and plugging it into an X10 module I had lying around. Ouila - an illuminated keyboard that goes on automatically whenever I boot up my computer.

elvindeath

Man, if this thing was even slightly ergonomic I would be on it in a second. Don't care for the stupid thin feature, what the hell point does that have? But omg is this thing pretty, and I always wanted a backlit keyboard. Also, funny enough I just had the V key on my MS Comfort Curve 2000 die on me so I'm in the market for a new keyboard anyway!

jennyfur

Buy a Model M and turn on the lights. Done.

Or leave off the lights, touch type and when someone breaks in thinking that you're not home (unless they can hear the clicky noise!): break their trespassing skull with the same tank/keyboard.

You can get very well adjusted to a thin keyboard, I mean, which one of us doesn't use a laptop every day? But the tactile feedback of a proper oldschool board will still make you faster and more accurate. It's a tradeoff, whichever you pick. Just no squishy rubber domes, please.

Bitstuff

@elvindeath:

x10!!
the solution for the kids who don't know how to shut off the lights. my electric bill went down 25% after x-10.

i will never own another non-backlit keyboard. g15 ftw

godwhacker

do you have to compare EVERYTHING to apple products?

chrishw

@OMG

We have had plenty of other uses for thin Italian models...

RainyDayInterns

@chrishw: They don't get their kickbacks otherwise.

AmishJohn

This is actually pretty swank. I actually find illuminated keys to be practical, but I hate, hate, hate wireless keyboards; nevermind keyboards with macro buttons I know I'll never use.

This is an excellent compromise, and comes out right around the time I'm going to be putting a new PC together.

BillyShears

@Zencyde: Less travel on each key means you have to move your fingers less when typing, less time spendt having to move your fingers for each keypress means you type faster =P

I'm a professional translator so I have to type a lot every day, and only use laptop keyboards for a reason.

TheLostVikings