Optimus Maximus keyboard for laptops? Yes, please.

Truth be told, the bona fide Optimus Maximus keyboard is still quite a few bills higher than most folks are willing to pay, which makes the likelihood of a similar layout hitting laptops anytime soon that much slimmer. Still, we're sure the technology will become cheaper to produce over time, and we certainly dig any future that has products resembling the concept pictured above. No, we've heard nothing official regarding such a keyboard on a lappie just yet, but now that the idea is all out in the open, we're not going to be satisfied until it happens.

[Thanks, Maksim]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2008 8:44PM]

If anyone does try it out, it will probably be apple, albeit at a premium price, lol.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2008 8:34PM]

Yeah, I LOL at all the criticisms about battery life, price, blah this and that.

But, if Apple came out with it everyone will forget all that and be all over it.

[michaspi Posted Mar 3rd 2008 9:38PM]

Because Apple would probably figure out how to power this beast off of a standard laptop battery.

[WebOn Posted Mar 3rd 2008 8:47PM]

The Tz's (pictured) is awesome as is.
If they're gonna change laptop keyboards, makit back lit and figure out a way for it not to consume too much juice. thats all I ask

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 3rd 2008 8:53PM]

Sure this is great for all those Adobe products, but I can finally have an Apple key next to the Microsoft key next to a custom FreeBSD key!

[craigeryjohn Posted Mar 3rd 2008 10:40PM]

Why not an E-Ink keyboard? When is someone going to build one of those? I think it would be a LOT cheaper!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 4th 2008 12:03AM]

NO!!! What I want is an ergonomic (like the wave) keyboard layout so I can actually do some work on a laptop!!

[El Duderino Posted Mar 4th 2008 1:33AM]

Why do you guys at engadget want to see it on a laptop? When you guys got the current keyboard I remember Ryan commenting that typing on it was an exhausting effort. I don't know about the depth of the current keys but I imagine that making them laptop-key-thin would be more costly to develop and deploy.