Someone accidentally discovered an interesting and undocumented feature on Apple's new thin aluminum keyboards, it actually protects you from accidentally bumping the caps lock key.

I was able to confirm it on my own new keyboard - sure enough, it takes a tiny bit longer to push down the key before the caps lock activates. So for instance, you're typing along and your hand slips, tapping the caps lock instead of the a key for example. Nothing happens. If you really and truly need to use caps lock (I question why it's even around anymore personally) you'll have to consciously press and hold it for longer than a split second. Not too long, but more than a quick peck.

Furthermore, there actually appears to be some logic going on because once caps lock is activated, all it takes to deactivate caps lock mode is a quick stroke rather than the longer one required to turn it off.

So it's like the keyboard strongly discourages you from using caps lock, and it's even predisposed to making you turn it off as soon as possible when it's on. This is the kind of thing I love Apple for. They spent untold hours on a feature like this that's undocumented, and probably even unnoticed by most users, just because that's exactly the way it should be. You'd just never notice anymore if you ever accidentally hit the caps lock key.

Oh, and speaking of Apple's new keyboard (I'm a fan BTW but I can understand that some people don't care for the low profile) check out this comparison of Apple keyboards, for instance check out the thin profile compared to the Lisa keyboard.