Got a great deal on a blue iMac M1 8/8 core 8GB 512GB SSD off Amazon Warehouse Deals. Problem is it comes with a standard blue touch ID keyboard and I really do need the numeric keypad. I can't seem to find a way to buy the blue numeric keyboard buy itself... it just seems to be a BTO option when custom configuring an iMac directly from Apple. Is there a reseller who can sell this keyboard on its own?
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Any way to get a blue TouchID numeric keyboard for my new iMac?
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It's not currently sold as a standard product. It is, however, very likely to be sold as a repair part. You would want to go to an Apple Authorized Service Provider's service department, give them the serial number of your blue M1 iMac, and tell them that you want to buy that specific keyboard outright as a stocking part (which implies that they will not be returning a bad part as an exchange). They'll probably charge you more for it (though it likely won't be more than the silver one with numeric keypad retails for ordinarily). You will not be able to do this at a Genius Bar as they do not sell repair parts to keep as stock.
I got a pretty good deal on a base model silver M1 iMac (8 CPU Cores; 7 GPU Cores; 256GB SSD; 8GB RAM) and, while the Touch ID keyboard and Magic Trackpad for that one ARE sold retail (and are therefore easy to upgrade to), I wanted to upgrade the color-matched power brick to one that had the Gigabit Ethernet Port (as having the number of ports halved and then having to get an adapter for Ethernet that takes up one of those two ports is insult to injury). So, I went to my local AASP, told them that I wanted to buy that part for that machine, I gave them the serial number, and then a week or so later, I paid them and walked off with a color matching Power Brick that has the Ethernet port in tow.
