Product Description

Designed specifically for your Mac, the Cordless Desktop S 530 Laser for Mac has a stylish white and silver design that perfectly matches both consumer and pro Macs. The ultra-flat profile and built-in palm rest bring an amazing level of comfort. Dedicated one-touch controls for iTunes and iPhoto give you instant access to your music and photos. Programmable keys launch Safari, Mail, Spotlight, or any other application with a single press. The sculpted high-performance cordless laser mouse delivers exceptional comfort and enables pixel-precise photo editing. Longer battery life provides up to 6 months or more of standard use.

Product Details

• Color: White
• Brand: Logitech
• Model: 967664-0403
• Platform: Mac OS X
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 9.84" h x 20.00" w x 3.27" l, 3.30 pounds

Features

• One-touch controls of iTunes and iPhoto
• Designed specifically for Mac computers
• Includes high-performance laser mouse
• Ultra-flat keyboard perfectly matches Apple style
• Drivers for Intel-based Mac support available

From the manufacturer
Designed specifically for your Mac, the Cordless Desktop S 530 Laser for Mac has a stylish white and silver design that perfectly matches both consumer and pro Macs. The ultra-flat profile and built-in palm rest bring an amazing level of comfort. Dedicated one-touch controls for iTunes and iPhoto give you instant access to your music and photos. Programmable keys launch Safari, Mail, Spotlight, or any other application with a single press. The sculpted high-performance cordless laser mouse delivers exceptional comfort and enables pixel-precise photo editing. Longer battery life provides up to 6 months or more of standard use.

• Ready when you need it. With sophisticated battery management technologies, your batteries will last up to 6 months--or longer!
• Scroll images with precision. Logitech's high performance laser tracking delivers pixel-precise navigation on virtually any surface.
• Control the volume and move the web browser back and forward without taking your hand off the mouse, with the five re-programmable buttons.
• Enjoy maximum comfort through unique design. Great looks are matched by the desktop's outstanding quality and feel. The sculpted right-handed mouse follows the natural shape of your hand and delivers outstanding comfort.
• Gain instant access to digital music and photos, via dedicated one-touch controls specifically designed to work with iTunes and iPhoto. Dedicated keys launch Safari, Mail, Spotlight, or any other application with a single press. And all direct-access keys can be easily reprogrammed with the included software.
• Launch your favorite applications, websites or folders with programmable keys.
• Use it at your desk, or on the go. If you use a PowerBook or iBook, you have the option of easily taking the mouse and mini-receiver with you!
• Rely on the cordless technology. Logitech's cordless technology avoids interference for completely reliable performance. Fast RF technology provides crisp, immediate mouse response.

Customer Reviews

Finally, I'm 100% satisfied with my move to Mac
I bought my first Mac (an iMac, all very swish), about two weeks ago. I got over most of the initial oddities of the Mac and came to appreciate very much its overall strength and superior quality to any PC I'd ever owned (and I always owned good ones). The only lasting problem I had was the horribly annoying (for PC users) keyboard and mouse (I had the Mac bluetooth/wireless mighty mouse and keyboard . . . high end stuff for Mac). Traditional Mac users who've never used anything else, simply don't understand the ease of use which comes with most higher end PC mouse/keyboard combos. Though I tried very hard, I found the Mac keyboard and especially the mighty mouse to be simply too focussed on form and not enough on function. In particular, for the mouse, the right click function is just not good enough for ex-PC users, it's really not good enough for Mac in general, given the rest of their quality, but many avid Mac people will have difficulty in accepting this. I don't think it's a matter of preference, either, it's really just a matter of ergonomics and basic physics. Enter, then, the Logitech s530, the product that enabled me to finally find happiness and satisfaction with my iMac. Above all, it works really, really well in terms of system function, which is extended with lots of useful features (Mac addicts will say "I don't know why anyone would use these features, why not just learn six thousand different key combinations instead?!" to which I reply: why not use a single button with a nice little icon on it?!), and very very nice in terms of ergonomics. I bought the bluetooth mac mouse/keyboard with my iMac. I shouldn't have wasted the money. I should have bought this product FIRST and just chucked whatever combo came standard. We live and learn, but I hope mine helps yours.

Nice keyboard, good mouse...
The logitech s530 wireless keyboard for the Mac is very good. The keyboard's feel is much closer to a laptop (a plus for me), except with 'standard' size buttons.

The mouse, of course, being based on the Logitech 600 series is excellent.

An important caveat: the bundled software, as of this post (11 Mar 06) does *not* work with Intel-based Macs. However, all standard buttons (mouse and keyboard) work as intended.

Because of the absence of Intel-based support, the product warrants 4-stars (otherwise it would easily yield a 5).

Good for a wireless Mac keyboard
I'll start with the positive:

* I really like the feel of this keyboard. It's better than all the PC keyboards I tried and it's much better than the standard Apple keyboards, which feel mushy to me. However, keyboard feel is of course a matter of taste, and I highly recommend trying one out in a store. I had previously bought a keyboard online based on positive reviews, and I hated the way it felt.

* Although I use this in a setting where wireless adds little value, it's still sort of nice. I can pick up the keyboard and put it elsewhere on my desk if I want to sketch something out on paper.

* The iTunes buttons (including volume control and mute) are great. They even work when the screensaver is on, which is not something you get with software-only iTunes controls. With those programs, the keys go to the password box (to unlock your screen) instead of directly controlling iTunes.

* The mouse feels comfortable and has decent buttons (perhaps too many). I've remapped one of the buttons to "middle click" so that I can open new tabs in my web browser.

A few negatives though:

* Being wireless, there's sometimes noticeable lag. This is more a problem for the mouse than the keyboard. It goes to sleep when you're not using it actively, so it takes some movement to wake it up again. With the keyboard on the other hand, I'm using it all the time so it has fewer chances to fall asleep.

* The drivers don't offer all the customization I'd like. For example, you can't reassign the iTunes keys to control another music player. (Note for Intel Mac users: the drivers now work on the Intel Mac.)

Overall I'm pretty happy with it. I'm a very picky keyboard user; I want the keys to feel responsive and give me feedback when the keystroke is sent to the computer. I've been looking for a new keyboard for about a year, and this one is the first one I've been happy with. It's not perfect, but it doesn't seem that my perfect keyboard is out there.