I have the new aluminum bluetooth keyboard. I like it very much but there
are a couple of things I should probably mention.
1. It does not have function keys 13-16 so if you have anything you've
assigned to those keys you will have to reassign. I spent forever on the
phone with Apple about this yesterday because they kept trying to tell me
how to adjust brightness, which apparently was a function of the f13-14 keys
on the old keyboards, when what I wanted to know was whether there was a way
to use those function keys not whether there was a work-around for certain
functions Apple had assigned to them. We finally determined that f13-16 just
plain aren't doable on these keyboards.
2. There is no numeric keypad so you have to use the fn key. I'm trying to
decide whether this means one shouldn't bother programming the numerickeypad
for voiceover, since you end up having to use both hands just as you would
with vokeys. Of course the keyboard is a lot smaller so maybe you could do
more with one hand but I haven't tried to develop this yet. I'd be
interested in what other people with the aluminum keyboard are doing about
this.
3. I had initial trouble pairing and I don't know why. It seems there must
be some kind of trick as to where you are with the cursors on the original
keyboard when you do your entry with the bluetooth keyboard; I just know it
took me a lot more trials to pair with the aluminum than with the older
bluetooth keyboards.
All that having been said, I like the touch and I like the size and I like
the lighter weight and i like not having that huge battery compartment.
