Hello everybody This may be old hat to some, but thought I would share my views anyway.
Recently, I opted to treat myself to a new wireless keyboard, as I am radically updating my PC hardware, in favour of finless ultra-compact PC’s, (for the most part anyway)). More about that later. Anyway, to the point. A couple of days ago, I received the first 2 of 3 keyboards which I’ve bought to replace the old ones I have here which are now a little long in the tooth. I opted for a combination of 3 devices, as I get sick of carrying keyboards around the house. One of which is an ultra-portable Minix keyboard, designed primarily for use with their ultra-compact range of PC’s. Although they do work with anything, of course. One can use this device either as a USB keyboard, or via Bluetooth. It comes supplied with a dual-compatibility lead which includes a through port so that, if one only has 1 USB port available, one can double-book devices, which is a nice touch. As a portable keyboard, it’s pretty good, although not something I’d like to spend all day using. The keys are small, have a very low profile, and are extremely close together. For somebody who is either not a touch typist, or who has difficulty seeing the keys, this is definitely not the device of choice. But as long as those two conditions are not appropriate, this device may suit your portable needs. The other two keyboards I’ve bought are both more main-stream. The Logitech Q480 and Q780. I have not yet received the Q480, but hope that situation will be remedied early this week. I’m not particularly thrilled about this, since I was promised, and paid for, express delivery. I shall be contacting the seller later today about this, as I was initially informed that it would arrive on 27 January. Now, the estimate is 30 January/3 February. Apparently, it’s coming from Germany, a fact which is not made clear on the purchase page, nor is it in the seller’s profile. I did, however, receive the Logitech Q780 on time, as I bought that from a different retailer altogether. I haven’t had the opportunity to connect the device to any machine yet, as I’ve been really busy these last few days. I unpacked it yesterday, to discover that the unified receiver, (Logitech’s own wireless device) was absent from the box. I wouldn’t care – I checked thoroughly for all items. And, before I’d ascertained for sure that it was supposed to be present, another family member had disposed of the carton for me, which means that I can no longer return the device to base. So I’m going to either have to see if Logitech will sell me one as stand-alone, or else just forget about that, and use it exclusively via Bluetooth®. We’ll see. Although I haven’t as yet got it paired with any of the 3 supported Bluetooth® devices, I have to say that I am very impressed with the build quality and comfort of typing on this device. So much so, in fact, that I’m contemplating using it as a direct replacement, not only for those PC keyboards upstairs in the office, but also for my mini-PC down here and even for my Apple iMac, both of which it supports natively. The advantage being that this keyboard is a full-size desktop device, whereas my little Magic Keyboard 2 is not. So we’ll see. Anyway, I’ll hopefully find out how it works in the real world later today. I’m just having a few problems deciding where the 4 White “connection” keys are. That’s going to take a bit of experimentation. Just thought I’d share my initial thoughts. ======================================== My compliments and kindest regards Gordon Smith: <[email protected]> Accessibility & Information Technology Support Specialist.. This Message Was Created Using 100% Recycled Electrons. If you can avoid printing it, please do so. Think of the environment, save a tree! 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