Turning on the computer from a USB keyboard is a non-standard thing.
As long as your Apple keyboard is plugged directly into the Mac, it
works great. But if you plug the KB into a hub then into the Mac it
wont work, unless the Hub supports using the supplied trickle
current. Also many third party KBs didn't support it. This caused
enough support issues for Apple that they ended up dropping it. I
miss being able to press the power key on my KB to start my PowerMac
9600. It is one of those "user experience" things that set the Mac
apart from PC's.
Not at all. Turning on a Sawtooth from the keyboard works great - if
you have a keyboard with an ON key of course... Never figured out
why Apple dropped that from their newer keyboards.
And by the way, do you guys realize that a brand new Apple keyboard
now costs only $29? I am very happy with mine
Chris, the functionality should remain with the ADB-USB adapter. In fact,
you will also have the power key, which can be used to shut down the
machine, instead of having to go to the Apple menu to shut it down.
Starting up is a different matter, since I don't think USB has the same
ability to sense the depression of the power key to turn on the machine.
Think that was lost when the Sawtooth machines came out, since they didn't
have an ADB port
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