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I guarantee it isn't an infringement of any Apple patent, because
others were there first and Apple can't patent someone else's prior
art.
Light guides are old hat, too. All Apple is doing here is patenting
their specific implementation so nobody else can clone their hardware
verbatim.
I was only refuting Gene's false claim that Apple had "innovated"
backlighted keys. And note, by the way, that these backlighted PC
keyboards are targeted almost exclusively at kids, gamers, and
modders. The general PC market just isn't interested in backlighted
keyboards because most people only use their computers in well-lighted
rooms. For the relative few of us who need to use our laptops in the
dark, a USB light is a far better solution because it also provides
illumination for a scratchpad, notes, books, reference manuals,
sorting through CD's, plugging in cables, etc. There's simply no
reason for laptop manufacturers to bother with backlighted keyboards.
Apple is a somewhat different matter because, as we all know, Apple
users are real suckers for eye candy and artsy-fartsy geegaws. Notice
how Gene drools all over himself at the thought of those kewl backlit
keys?
The grapes at the next table are not so sour... you might want to try those.
