Microsoft outs Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000
updated 09:45 am EDT, Tue August 4, 2009
MS Wireless Desktop 5000
Microsoft today rolled out its first modern wireless desktop intended for comfort first. The Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 combines a more specifically designed ergonomic curve in the keyboard itself as well as a softened palm rest to keep it use for hours at a time with less risk of pain. Although not tied to any particular operating system, it's one of Microsoft's first combination kits optimized for Windows 7 and turns the My Favorites keys into Taskbar Favorites, automatically switching to open apps based on their relative position.
Like newer Microsoft combination sets, the 5000 also gets a BlueTrack mouse whose blue tracking laser can work on more surfaces than usual red lasers. Both connect to a given computer using a single, small 2.4GHz RF transceiver friendly to the USB ports of both desktops and notebooks.
Plans have the Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 shipping later this month for $80; it's available today as a pre-order from Amazon.
yeeesh
08/04, 10:12am reply
M$ butt-ugly black... Oh let me be a M$ designer, it would be pure vacation.
igroucho
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Joined: Nov 2005
close
08/04, 10:20am reply
Too bad it's not bluetooth, but the price is pretty attractive.
malax
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Joined: Aug 2006
black?....
08/04, 10:30am reply
i prefer old-school beige that turns yellow over time. way to drop the ball again M$.
Herod
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Joined: Jun 2007
Re: yeesh
08/04, 10:56am reply
OK, what color would you have them pick?
- Aluminum: Now they're copying Apple
- Beige: So 1990's
- Red: Oh, right, now we're getting into iPod coloring?
- White: Shows dirt way too easy. AND copying Apple from 5 years ago.
- Brown: Time for brown Zune/t*** jokes!
So, basically, there really isn't a color they could pick that would not warrant some type of negative comment.
And maybe you didn't notice, Apple's keyboards on their laptops are Black. With an clashing aluminum border.
testudo
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Joined: Aug 2001
different widths
08/04, 03:39pm reply
that looks like an interesting keyboard the keys are different widths. i've never seen that before.
Dpending on how it feels, this one could be a contender. (By the way, I think transparent would be good)
ggirton
Fresh-Faced Recruit
Joined: Nov 1999