Apple Apple Wireless Keyboard (2007) vs Apple Magic Keyboard (USB-C)

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Apple Wireless Keyboard (2007) compared with Magic Keyboard (USB-C)

	AppleApple Wireless Keyboard (2007)	AppleMagic Keyboard (USB-C)
Overview
Released
Released	September 2007	October 2024
Typing
Layout
Layout	Compact	Compact
Switches
Switches	Scissor	Scissor
Backlight
Backlight	None	None
Keys labelled for
Keys labelled for	Mac	Mac
Touch ID
Touch ID	No	No
Layouts
Layouts	–	Arabic, British English, Chinese (Pinyin), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, International English, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swiss, Swedish, Turkish Q, Ukrainian, US English (UK store)
Switches
Switches	Low-profile scissor mountings, identified in an iFixit teardown of the A1255.	–
Special keys
Special keys	F1–F12 with Mac brightness, Exposé, Dashboard, playback, volume and optical-disc eject functions; half-height inverted-T arrow cluster.	Lock key (a quick press locks the Mac); function keys for display brightness, Mission Control, Spotlight, Dictation/Siri, Do Not Disturb, media playback, mute and volume; fn/Globe key for switching keyboards or showing emoji
Connections and battery
Connects by
Connects by	Bluetooth	Bluetooth
Devices it switches between
Devices it switches between	–	1
Power
Power	AA battery	Rechargeable
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	–	About a month or more between charges in Apple's tests with an M4 iMac; sleeps when not in use
Charging
Charging	–	USB-C port; charges from a Mac or USB-C power adapter, and plugging it into a Mac also pairs it
Receiver
Receiver	Bluetooth connection with no separate USB receiver; the keyboard's cylindrical rear compartment houses three AA batteries, according to Macworld.	–
Works with
Works with	Macworld reported that Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later and Apple's Keyboard Software Update were needed for all special functions.	Mac with macOS 15.1 or later; iPad with iPadOS 14.5 or later; iPhone with iOS 14.5 or later; Apple Vision Pro with the latest visionOS
Design
Weight
Weight	–	239 g
Width × depth × height
Width × depth × height	–	278.9 × 114.9 × 10.9 mm
Size
Size	–	Height 0.41–1.09 cm, width 27.89 cm, depth 11.49 cm
Materials
Materials	Anodised aluminium upper body, white plastic keys and underside.	–
Colours
Colours	Silver aluminium and white keys.	–
In the box
In the box	Apple announced the compact wireless keyboard for sale separately or as an iMac build-to-order option by the end of August 2007; Engadget reported a customer delivery on 13 September.	Magic Keyboard, woven USB-C charging cable
Warranty
Warranty	–	1 year (Apple One Year Limited Warranty)