I was reminded today as I was about to put away my new iPhone box, how much I love apple's packaging. Its not just a box, its a piece of art on its own. I can't just throw this box into another box buried away somewhere at the top of my closet. It almost deserves to be on display.
It is this kind of attention to detail that apple takes that make their products stand out above the rest. Not many other companies do this with their packaging. It seems to be an afterthought.
And so it appears that its not just kids can find enjoyment in an empty box.
Labels: apple, design, iPhone
Yeah Yeah.
So the new Apple keyboard arrived while I was at work today — in a Massive box. I didn't even think it was the keyboard at first. Then under all the useless packaging paper there was a smaller cardboard box. Inside that box was the actual keyboard box.
The first thing I noticed when I opened the package was how incredibly small it was. Much smaller than it looks in photos. I eagerly hooked it up to the QuadCore MacPro at work and tested it out. The keys are very smooth. It does feel alot like typing on a laptop keyboard. At first it was a little awkward. The keys are so flat that your not sure if you're gonna press the right one. But after a while it begins to get more comfortable and you just love using the keyboard.
Next I intstalled the keyboard update that apple provided for the new Multimedia keys across the top. After a quick reboot the keys were working very nicely and I had shifted through a few tracks in itunes rather quickly. These keys are very nice, although it did make the iTunes Triggers in
Quicksilver a little redundant. I rather enjoyed that part about quicksilver.
This keyboard will be an excellent replacement to the clunky logitech keyboard I was using.
Check out some other
apple keyboard photos on flickr.
Labels: apple
I was reminded today as I was about to put away my new iPhone box, how much I love apple's packaging. Its not just a box, its a piece of art on its own. I can't just throw this box into another box buried away somewhere at the top of my closet. It almost deserves to be on display.
