I was basically saying that Apple lead me to believe that the only
wireless full size keyboards they made are the prior generation
models. They do have some in the warehouse at a discount.
On Jan 4, 2008, at 4:55 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
right, the referbished one is the one I have but I got it before
they put
out the new bluetooth keyboard.
I don't know what you are refering to when you say aluminum other
than ones
you mentioned though.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: Apple Keyboard
Apple said the only wireless one they sell is the refurbished prior
models and not the new aluminum ones other than the two I mentioned
earlier.
On Jan 4, 2008, at 2:06 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
sorry, the one I have does have a numpad.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: Apple Keyboard
Yeah it just doesn't have a numberpad. If it did I would have a
decision to make. I think if it did I would go wireless simply
because
the technology is newer and I love no wires.
On Jan 4, 2008, at 1:46 PM, David Poehlman wrote:
I have no problem with my bluetooth keyboard under windows.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: Apple Keyboard
Yeah Logitech has them for $39 so for $10 more I will just get it
all.
On second thought I will relinquish myself of possible blue tooth
problems by going wired. We don't want a Windows user saying he
can't
even get his keyboard working, now do we?
On Jan 4, 2008, at 11:27 AM, David Poehlman wrote:
or you could pick up an extra keypad. I think they make bluetooth
ones now.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac
OS
X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: Apple Keyboard
I just called Apple and because I need the number pad I will have
to
go with the wired aluminum keyboard. At least it saves me $30 bucks
but I have to deal with a cord. Thanks for your input.
On Jan 4, 2008, at 10:37 AM, Cheryl Homiak wrote:
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.
