Hi Don, It seems to me that entire wireless keyboards seem to get good reports; it's only the wireless numeric pads which sometimes have an issue.
Before you layout money though, and complicate your setup, try what most of us with laptops use: your laptop will have an fn key, usually second from the left on the bottom row. when you hold it down, it makes the keys centered around the u i and o into a numeric pad. you can use the key identifier mode (insert plus 1) to help determine exactly which key becomes what. one of these is even an insert key, so you can learn new key combinations with this insert, if you need to use insert plus numeric keypad keys. I use just this fn key and find everything works fine, and I can move my laptop around without having to carry anything additional. The fn key is used to control functions on your laptop (such as it usually works with the up/down arrows to make the screen brightness change, so you could turn the brightness all the way down to help save battery). search the internet and you should be able to find a list of fn key combinations for your particular model. If I were to carry something additional, it would be a usb numeric keypad, so I wouldn't have to worry about batteries, bluetooth pairing and other such issues. they're also pretty cheap. you could also look at a usb full keyboard with a numeric pad which is meant for traveling. some of these roll up (because they're made out of soft plastic), and some fold up in various ways, but they make taking it with your laptop a little easier. but as you say, if your laptop is never going to leave your desk, there's nothing wrong with a bluetooth keyboard and a bluetooth headset, then it could just sit anywhere in the room pretty much. hth, Chip -----Original Message----- From: Don H [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 1:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: keyboard for laptop OK I just purchased a new HP laptop that does not have a numeric keypad. I understand from past inquiries that either the wired or wireless numeric keypads have some difficulty working with WE. Does the same hold true for attaching either a wired or wireless keyboard to a laptop? The laptop will have bluetooth so I am thinking of purchasing a bluetooth keyboard that has the numeric keypad. Any suggestions will be appreciated. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
