Comments on: Apple releases Keyboard Update 1.0 for Intel Macs â€“ Yet problems persist

By: NoPCZone

NoPCZone — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 15:17:19 +0000

I bought a Kensington Wireless Desktop and a Mac mini G4 for my mom last year (B-Day). With OS 10.3x the thing worked great. After the Tiger upgrade it never would map the keyboard correctly. Apple pointed at Kensington and Kensington at Apple. I swapped the Kensington keyboard with an Apple unit from an eMac. It works fine.

The eMac and mini both have G4 CPUs and the very same build of the OS. Why it works fine on one unit and not on another is still crazy.

By: Donald

Donald — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 06:42:41 +0000

I was wonderring why my iMac kept asking me to reidentify the keyboard, albeit every like just once a week or two so it’s not too bad..

By: Way Cool Jr.

Way Cool Jr. — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 04:11:00 +0000

hmmm…. I think I agree, although why wouldn’t they just say (2006), not EARLY 2006?

I wouldn’t expect any major update, but maybe a slight clock speed increase, perhaps. After all, Intel ain’t IBM. Their chips get incremental MHz updates every couple months.

By: pog

pog — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 03:00:49 +0000

Yes, the (Early 2006) means nothing, Apple always use this terminology to differentiate what Mac mini or iMac they are talking about, as the official names of these products are e.g. “iMac” rather than “iMac G5″ or “Intel iMac”.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:28:19 +0000

The Mini never had the G5 chip. It went from a G4 to an Intel chip

By: Timothy

Timothy — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:15:55 +0000

The distinction is made because the iMac was upgraded to the G5 processor a little while ago. Then, a few months later it was introduced with an Intel processor. Same goes for the Mac Mini. It was updated with newer G5 goodies and shortly there after introduced with the Intel processor. I’d really doubt we’d see an upgrade so soon especially since they are still trying to get the entire Mac product line updated.