Abantu abaninzi badla ngokuhlala bekwiibhodi eziqhelekileyo okanye ezingabizi kakhulu ngalo lonke ixesha behlaziya iPC yabo. Xa bathenga ilaptop endaweni yePC, imvakalelo yokuba esi sixhobo singabanika yona ayisosiqhelo sezona zizathu zibalulekileyo xa usenza isigqibo sokuthenga. Nangona kunjalo, abasebenzisi abachitha iiyure ezininzi phambi kwekhompyuter, nokuba yidesktop okanye ilaptop, ikhibhodi yeyona nto ibalulekileyo xa kusenziwa isigqibo malunga nemodeli enye okanye enye. UMicrosoft uyazi ukuba usandula ukwazisa ikhibhodi entsha ekwasinika ukhuseleko olongezelelekileyo, umfundi ofunda iminwe kwisitshixo seWindows.
Le khibhodi intsha isinika izitshixo ngohambo olufutshane kakhulu, olufana kakhulu nebhodi yezitshixo esinokuyifumana ngoku kwibhodi yezitshixo ekhethiweyo ethengiswa ngeSurface Pro kwaye enexabiso ngee-euro ezingama-99. Nangona kunjalo, le khibhodi intsha isinika ukukhanya okulula, yenziwe ngealuminiyam, ukongeza ekunikezeleni ukhuseleko kunye nongeza kwizinto esinokuzifumana ngoku nezixhobo ezilawulwa yiWindows 10 kwaye ibizwa ngokuba yiWindows Hello. Le keyboard intsha ayisebenzi kwi-PCs kuphela, kodwa sinokuyisebenzisa kwi-Mac okanye nasiphi na isixhobo esimbulela kunxibelelwano lwayo kabini: iBluetooth okanye ngoqhagamshelo lwe-USB.
Ikhibhodi yale mihla, njengoko uMicrosoft eyibhaptiziweyo, inoluhlu ukuba siyayidibanisa ngeBluetooth yeemitha ezili-15, nangona kwiiofisi apho kukho izixhobo ezininzi zolu hlobo, umenzi usiqinisekisa uluhlu lweemitha ezi-7 ngaphandle kwengxaki. Ixabiso lekhibhodi entsha li- $ 129, ixabiso eliphakame kakhulu ukuba uyithenga nezinye ikhibhodi, kodwa ixabiso eliphantsi kuneKhibhodi yeMicrosoft asinika yona i-Apple, ikhibhodi enexabiso nge-149 euro, kodwa ngokungafaniyo nale, yi iyahambelana kuphela nezixhobo zeApple, nangona zinezinye iisetingi, singayamkela kwiPC okanye esinye isixhobo esingalawulwa ngeMacOS.
Ibhetri, eyona nto ibalulekileyo kolu hlobo lwesixhobo esingenazingcingo, inokuhlala ukuya kuthi ga kwiinyanga ezimbini ngaphandle kokuvuselelwa nangaliphi na ixesha. Ngokucacileyo le keyboard iyilelwe kwaye yacingelwa bonke abo bantu bachitha iiyure ezininzi phambi kwekhompyuter kwaye apho ikhibhodi iyinxalenye esisiseko yosuku lwethu.