I would be interested.
Could you please let me know when I could pick it up & from where.
Warm regards
Ken
9470 4950
khough...@westnet.com.au
On 20/04/2010, at 8:56 AM, Graeme Winters wrote:
I agree with your comments on the cut down keyboard Peter
I realised that when I bought my IMac late last year and asked for a
full keyboard with numeric pad because I do a fair amount of data
entry
That was provided for me at no extra cost
I have the original keyboard available if anyone wants it
I have also invested in another mouse as the MM gave so much trouble
Graeme
IMac 27
On 20/04/2010, at 8:36 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
On 19/04/2010, at 5:16 PM, Reg Whitely wrote:
Hi Peter
I have a Magic Mouse which I use in my classroom with my MacBook
Pro hooked up to the data projector. All the kids can see the
screen and pass the mouse around to select various items and
highlight text for editing. A bluetooth keyboard would also be
useful in this way. Today I had to smile as we had a lady doing a
presentation at school to staff, using her little Acer or asus or
whatever mini comp connected to her own data projector. She needed
a DVD shown so I hooked up my MacBook to our school data projector
and took my Magic Mouse to the table I was sitting at to control
the movie. She didn't know I had the mouse and thought I'd
forgotten to start the DVD so went to the Mac and used the
trackpad. She couldn't understand what was happening ;-)
I have 2 rechargeable batteries in it and they are yet to need
recharging, but I admit I use it only once or twice a week in class.
Regards
Reg
I acknowledge that wireless mice and keyboards certainly have their
place in presentation environments, and in fact are often
essential, such as in your example. My original comment was that
they are probably unnecessary for desktop computers under general
use. Laptops are a different matter as well. For long periods of
use, a wireless mouse is much easier to use than a trackpad.
In particular, I find it rather galling that Apple have seen fit to
supply, by default and without real warning, a wireless, cut-down
aluminium keyboard out of the box with new iMacs. The user, who is
generally expecting a numeric keyboard, then has to go off and buy
an extra one just to work in the way they are used to. The logic of
this decision by Apple escapes me completely.
Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services
FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer
Perth, Western Australia
Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 064 948
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to.
-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>
Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>
Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>
Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>
Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
-- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List --
Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>
Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>
Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
