Another keyboard?

hi all,
i am thinking about buying an imac when leopard comes out. I have been to the apple store, and have used an imac. One thing i dont like is the keyboard. It feels really weird. Is there another keyboard for mac not made by apple?

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Hello all,
That post is describing the problems I have when using the new apple aluminium keyboard on a PC using the windows XP keyboard drivers found on the boot camp CD (1.4)
This is my first post here so please be kind with me
First, let me know in case there is a better section where I should post that post.
I know that what I will ask here may not be a supported scenario. I understand that. But anyway. Here it is.
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A long story short. It's working and I'm typing that post right now on my cool keyboard.
so why am I here? Because it's not working perfectly.
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Hello spidermains,
Happy to see that I have a friend in that adventure
Look I have a blog entry here:
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