I somehow managed to spill stuff on my keyboard (not the internal one in my MacBook Pro) and have been looking for a replacement for awhile. I dried it out enough so that it has mostly worked, but I kept missing keys. So I bought an Apple keyboard from CompUSA a few months back (when they still had a San Diego store) and had 2 problems with it; first off the unit was defective as not all the keys worked and second, it was too small for the keyboard tray that I have (it has spring loaded holders on the side). I returned it and ignored the problem for awhile. On Friday I went to my most hated store, Fry’s, and got another keyboard. It looked OK, but when I got it home, I discovered that the command key was too small. My choice of wired keyboards is quite small for the Mac; I want wired so that I don’t need drivers and it works with my KVM switch. I also want a Mac keyboard as the Windows keyboards that are Mac compatible have the command and option keys switched unless you install the drivers.

Back to Fry’s today and I picked up a macally keyboard. It seems to work well, doesn’t require drivers (they have drivers, but I have no idea what they’re for) and fits my keyboard tray. The only problem is that I paid $10 over retail. It’s not worth my time to return it to Fry’s and then order it online (or maybe it is as it is $45 from Amazon with Free shipping).