Patience rewarded

[jbarley]

As much as I like wireless keyboards and mice using a BT keyboard on my G4s and G5s with a USB/BT dongle has not been an altogether satisfying experience.
The problem surfaces when I'm messing around with boot-up keystrokes, (something I do a lot of) and I end up having to dig out a USB keyboard because the BT dongle is not active in the boot-up early stages.
Anyhow long story-short, I finally nailed down a near mint condition "Apple USB Wired Compact Keyboard MB869LL/A" for a decent price and it was even local.

 

[Resplendent]

Wish they still made these. Really surprised there's no wired option for the smaller size now.

 

[Hughmac]

Just what I need for my desk space restricted iMac - getting fed up with the mini BT keyboard and it's mood swings.

Thanks for the idea

Cheers

Hugh

 

[Jack Neill]

I feel the pain. My Magic Mouse 1 sucks. It suffers connection stutters all the time

 

[tem_tempo]

Yeah my wireless keyboard is nice but usually I've got to wait a bit before it syncs

 

[Cox Orange]

Wish they still made these. Really surprised there's no wired option for the smaller size now.

There are cheap look-alike versions with USB... they are probably not that good/long lasting / nice to type, of course, though.

 

[oneMadRssn]

Does the new Magic Keyboard work as a wired keyboard when it is plugged in?

I had to boot Ubunutu from a USB stick to get some files off a hard drive formatted as Ext4. Obviously my bluetooth keyboard didn't work at first as it's paired with OS X. I was wondering if I had the Magic Keyboard, but it was plugged in, would it have worked as a wired keyboard?