You can also use any USB keyboard and it will work fine, that's what I do for one of my minis, and I actually like the touch better than the apple keyboards. On Aug 7, 2010, at 1:49 PM, Mary Otten wrote:
> Hi Jeff, > Yes, you can use that wireless keyboard with a mini, and yes, you need a > monitor with the mini, and I don't know if usb displays work or not. The > other thing you get with the notebook that you don't get with the mini is the > touch pad. Since your keyboard lacks a numeric keypad, you won't be able to > use num pad commander with your mini And Unless you buy the magic trackpad, > you won't have a touch pad either for using track pad commander. which leaves > you with just keyboard commander. there are a lot of multi-finger voice over > commands that can be made a whole lot simpler with the use of these > commanders, so if you go for the mini, you may want to look around for an > older Apple wireless or even usb keyboard and/or purchase the magic trackpad. > When I got my mini, Apple offered an upgrade, so you could get 4 gb of > memory, which I did, because I thought I was going to run Windows and fusion > or bootcamp at the time I bought the mini. Unless you need portability or > have limited desktop real estate that would make a notebook more attractive > than mini plus keyboard plus monitor and possible magic trackpad, I'd get the > Mini. > Mary Otten > [email protected] > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
