Hi Peter, It's no problem to get a full numeric keyboard (instead of the cut-down wireless one) - you just specify that when you place your order - of course this does make it a special order (same as extra RAM or whatever) so you may not be able to just walk into a retailer and walk out with the computer (assuming they have it in stock, anyway).
There is no extra charge for this option - since the full wired keyboard actually has a cheaper RRP than the wirelesss one (they don't rebate you the difference though!). What really annoys me is that Apple doesn't offer a wireless version of the full numeric keyboard - I'm sure that the extra keys can't have that devastating an effect on the battery life! Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 20/4/10 8:53 AM, Crisp, Peter at pcr...@hatch.com.au wrote: > > Yes, noted Peter. I agree with your comments regarding the cut-down wireless > keyboard without number pad. I hope to be getting an iMac soon and will have > to see hwo I can get a keyboard with number pad included. > > Regards > > Peter... > > Kind Regards, > > Peter Crisp, > Associate, BE Mech > HATCH > (Phone + 61 8 9428 5437 > 2Fax + 61 8 9428 5555 > ÈMob 0402 001 019 > ?E-mail pcr...@hatch.com.au > Website <http://www.hatch.com.au/> > > -----Original Message----- > From: wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au [mailto:wamug-ow...@wamug.org.au] On Behalf Of > Peter Hinchliffe > Sent: Tuesday, 20 April 2010 8:36 AM > To: WAMUG Mailing List > Subject: Re: Mouse battery level indicator stays on 61% > > > > 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>
