Two tactile buttons below the touchpad serve as left- and right-click, respectively. First, if you move your fingertip across it, the touchpad works much like a laptop’s trackpad, moving the mouse cursor across the screen. Just over 1.5 inches in diameter and located in the lower right corner of the keyboard, this touchpad serves dual purposes.
(Logitech tacitly acknowledges this fact by including a small polishing cloth in the box.)Īt just over 16 inches wide and 8.4 inches deep, the diNovo Edge is considerably larger than Apple’s own Bluetooth keyboard, but far more functional, thanks to a number of special-function buttons as well as a unique, circular touchpad Logitech calls a TouchDisc. Overall, it’s among the most attractive keyboards I’ve used, although the glossy surface does show fingerprints, smudges, and dust.
The diNovo Edge’s top piece is cut from a single piece of polished Plexiglass the non-removable wrist rest is finished in brushed aluminum and several of the controls and buttons feature amber-backlit indicators. But if you don’t need a numeric keypad, read on, because Logitech’s latest Mac offering is quite compelling. If you absolutely need a keypad-and judging from the reaction to Apple’s Wireless Keyboard when it was released, quite a few people feel they do-this isn’t the keyboard for you.
Let’s get this out of the way: The diNovo Edge for Mac has no numeric keypad. (You can thank Apple for including Bluetooth in every shipping Mac for that one Windows users pay for an included USB Bluetooth adapter.) And while it’s still expensive, if you spend hours each day using your keyboard, the Edge may well be worth its premium price. And get this: at $160, the Mac Edition is actually $20 cheaper than the current price of the Windows version. Thankfully, the diNovo Edge Mac Edition is just as much of a standout keyboard. Two years later, Mac users finally got their wish. Sporting great key feel, lots of special features, and a beautiful design, it was a drool-worthy input device-and, at $200, came with a jaw-dropping price to match. Ever since Logitech released the Windows-only diNovo Edge keyboard, back in 2006, many Mac users have wished for a Mac version.