Some more food for thought is that you can use a program like KeyRemap4MacBook and PCKeyboard Hack to give yourself a numpad by using the FN keys. This also gives you a more familiar layout for Windows virtual machines if you're so inclined to use something like that.
Applevis has a podcast about KeyRemap4MacBook, I believe. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 10:55 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: which lap top hi, Regarding the Home and End keys on an MBA, these do exist. Press the FN key in the lower left-hand corner along with the left arrow for Home and with the right arrow for End. You may wish to use the Keyboard Practice mode, VO-k, to learn some of these tricks, press the Escape key to leave that mode. Later. Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 3, 2014, at 8:46 AM, Eileen Misrahi <eileen.misr...@gmail.com <mailto:eileen.misr...@gmail.com> > wrote: Hi, Just food for thought. Unless one purchases a 17 inch PC laptop, a numpad is not included in the keyboard layout on the PC side either. (Maybe OT). Hence, I have to use a USB external numpad. Because I have Win8 installed in bootcamp, I have plugged in a full USB keyboard, with a numpad. When I need to use it on the Mac side, one needs to remember that the ALT key is the option key (Mac), and the Windows key is the command key on the Mac side. I do miss not having a dedicated home/end key on the Mac Air's keyboard. I can access the beginning and the end of a sentence, but navigating with more advance options have never worked out for me with the native Mac Air keyboard. JMO. May be I just don't know all the tricks of the trade yet. *Smile* Best, Eileen From: <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [ <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn Sent: Tuesday, June 3, 2014 7:16 AM To: <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: which lap top Hi, No, none of the Mac Laptop models have a built-in NumPad. There's just not enough space for one. Your options are to use a external USB or Bluetooth NumPad or to use an external extended keyboard either USB or Bluetooth. HTH. Later. Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jun 3, 2014, at 8:00 AM, Alex Hall < <mailto:mehg...@icloud.com> mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: None do, to my knowledge, at least not the modern machines. As others have said, you can purchase a USB or bluetooth numpad, or a full-sized keyboard that includes a numpad. On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:50 AM, Marianne Denning < <mailto:maria...@denningweb.com> maria...@denningweb.com> wrote: I need to purchase a MacBook. The person who will use it has no vision. The one thing that is important is a key board with the numeric key pad on the key board. I have a MacBook Air and it does not have this. 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