Archiv 21. August 2007

Dienstag, 21. August 2007

Ultimative Mac-Tastatur: Matias Tactile Pro

Wer den von Apple kürzlich vorgestellten neuen Tastaturen im flachen Notebook-Design nichts abgewinnen mag, sei auf die von vielen Mac-Usern als beste Mac-Tastatur gepriesene

Matias Tactile Pro

verwiesen. Wieso? Der Hersteller gibt die Antwort gleich selbst:

The Matias Tactile Pro Keyboard is built from the same premium keyswitch technology that Apple used in its original Apple Extended Keyboard, widely viewed as the best keyboard Apple ever made.

Was sagen unabhängige Dritte zum Traum eines jeden Typisten?

The keys themselves have superb tactile feedback… hence the name Tactile Pro. This feedback is made possible due to the use of high quality Alps mechanical key switches. Although I have no prior experience with Apple keyboards, the Tactile Pro is supposed to be as great as the original Apple Extended Keyboards. All I can say is that this keyboard feels great to touch type on. It reminds me of the old IBM keyboards in the computer lab when I was in college. I actually feel like I’m typing faster and more accurately when I’m here at home than when I’m at work using my IBM Intellistation keyboard. There’s definitely a crisper and more precise feel to it.

Quelle: Matias Tactile Pro Keyboard

Wer immer noch nicht ganz überzeugt ist, lese folgendes Review:

Quelle: Matias Tactile Pro Mac Keyboard

… und dieses:

Quelle: Has ‚the Best Keyboard Apple Ever Made‘ Been Resurrected?

Einziger Haken: QWERTY

Das Keyboard gibt es nur in us-amerikanischer Ausführung

Reloaded

Wie ich erst jetzt gerade sehe, gibt es diese Tastatur gar nicht mehr zu kaufen. Das Produkt wurde mit Version 2.0 ersetzt:

Matias Tactile Pro 2.0 Keyboard

Apple Extended Keyboard

Doch was hat es mit diesem Apple Extended Keyboard auf sich? Auch hier hilft Lowendmac auf die Sprünge:

It’s difficult to put into words the difference between the two as far as the feel. The sound is different as well. It still has a clickity sound, but it’s not a click-clock sound like the original. The benefit is that the Extended II doesn’t sound quite as loud as the original Extended.

Don’t get me wrong, the Extended II, even with these changes, is still plenty satisfying to type on. Some even argue the Extended II is better than the original.

Quelle: Apple’s Extended Keyboard II: Sequel to a Legend

Soviel zur Revision des Klassikers. Der Klassiker selbst wird folgendermassen beschrieben:

You’ll especially take notice that it’s not just your average, run-of-the-mill, grab it off the shelf at Wal-Mart for $5 keyboard. No sir, this is a keyboard that will always have it’s place in Mac history.

This keyboard is a favorite due to the tactile feel and that unmistakable sound, which comes from the mechanically driven Alps key switches it uses. Keyboards such as the Extended and others that use Alps key switches are a lot like the old IBM Model M keyboards that came with PS/2 computers „back in the day“. The main difference is that IBM’s ‚boards used buckling-spring technology where an actual spring was used to produce the tactile feel as well as the click-clack sound.

Unlike most of today’s keyboards, when you type on these keyboards (whether you use an Apple Extended, and IBM Model M, or ones like them) you know without a doubt by the feel and the click of each key that you successfully hit that key.

Quelle: The Legendary Apple Extended Keyboard

Der Junge weiss, wovon er spricht. Als er die Tastatureingaben derart präzise beschrieb, dämmerte mir, dass wir auf der Arbeit ein solches Keyboard an einem uralten PowerMac hängen haben. Auf dem Mac, auf dem ich im zarten Alter von etwa 18 Jahren die ersten MP3s aus dem Netz saugte. Jedenfalls hat sich das Feedback dieser Tastatur auch in mein Hirn eingebrannt, obwohl ich auf dem Gerät nie lange Texte getippt habe – nur URLs.

Hmmm, vielleicht sollte ich mir die Tastatur krallen, wenn das Gerät dereinst den Löffel abgibt? Jawohl, das ist eine gute Idee!

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Dienstag, 21. August 2007

Namensforschung Frankreich

Was Geode für Deutschland und Search.ch für die Schweizer Namensforscher ist, ist Geopatronyme.com für Frankreich.

Und tatsächlich – einige von uns Aebys hat es zu den Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys verschlagen.

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Dienstag, 21. August 2007

(Doch nicht ganz) nutzlose Männer

The second big motivational difference between the genders, he went on, involves the kind of social relationships sought by each sex. While other researcher have argued that women are more “social” than men – more helpful and less aggressive towards others — Dr. Baumeister argued that women can be plenty aggressive in the relationships that matter most to them, which are intimate relationships. Men are more aggressive when it comes to dealing with strangers, because they’re more interested than women are in a wider network of shallow relationships.

Quelle: Is There Anything Good About Men? And Other Tricky Questions

[…] in […] reproductive competition some men are the big losers and other men are the biggest winners. […]

Men go to extremes more than women, and this fits in well with culture using them to try out lots of different things, rewarding the winners and crushing the losers.

Culture is not about men against women. By and large, cultural progress emerged from groups of men working with and against other men. While women concentrated on the close relationships that enabled the species to survive, men created the bigger networks of shallow relationships, less necessary for survival but eventually enabling culture to flourish. The gradual creation of wealth, knowledge, and power in the men’s sphere was the source of gender inequality. Men created the big social structures that comprise society, and men still are mainly responsible for this, […]

Quelle: Is There Anything Good About Men?

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