I just got a wired apple keyboard. I love it. My favorite part about it is that there are 2 usb ports on the back of it. Before I got the apple keyboard today, I was previously using a standard dell keyboard. The apple keyboard is ten times better. I love it. What do you use?
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Do you use an external keyboard with your laptop?
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Apple wireless keyboard and wireless mighty mouse.
Oh, and a direct line to the nearest store for ordering batteries.
Only joking, they're not bad at all for battery life, and I love the fact there are no cables anywhere near the front of my desk to get tangled up in.
Oh, and a direct line to the nearest store for ordering batteries.
Only joking, they're not bad at all for battery life, and I love the fact there are no cables anywhere near the front of my desk to get tangled up in.
Gone through a PowerBook 'Pismo' G3, iBook G4 and now a MacBook. Never had the need for an external keyboard. Just too much of a hassle with an external keyboard (possibly because I rarely use my laptops on a desk; I usually just have it on my lap/sofa. 
Tried an external mouse a couple of times, but always gone back to the trackpad. As with the keyboard it's just easier that way...
Tried an external mouse a couple of times, but always gone back to the trackpad. As with the keyboard it's just easier that way...
Only while running on closed-lid mode. A macally icekey and a Logitech V270 BT.
I rarely use a mouse on the move as well, since I need to move my fingers further away from the keyboard!
I rarely use a mouse on the move as well, since I need to move my fingers further away from the keyboard!
I use a wireless MM sometimes. When I'm doing something that I have to click a lot with I use it. I'm getting an iCurve soon and when I do I think I'm going to get a wireless keyboard to go with the mouse and use those all the time.
I use an IBM keyboard with my MBP, which works quite well apart from some US/GB issues. The MBP's keyboard is fine, but I am more at ease banging away on the external.
I just use the MBP keyboard. About the mouse... Logitech G5 wired is quite good....
Maybe if i buy a 20 inch screen i will buy an apple wireless keyboard.
Bye!
Maybe if i buy a 20 inch screen i will buy an apple wireless keyboard.
Bye!
I use an Apple Bluetooth keyboard with my Macbook, but only because I have to wear a Medic Alert bracelet and I don't want it to scar the wrist rest on the MB. Also use a MacAlly BT micro mouse, but it is going back for the third time as this one is defective too. Love the mouse, just can't keep it working. Glad it has a 3-year warranty!
At work I use a macally keyboard and trackball, but only because I'm also connected to a 20" ACD. I've never used an external keyboard on my laptop unless I've been connected to the monitor - that just seems wrong
However, I do miss not having the number pad on the laptop keyboard...
However, I do miss not having the number pad on the laptop keyboard...
I've never used an external keyboard with my laptop. I do have a Radtech BT500 mouse that I used on occasion, since the trackpad doesn't work so well for me in Illustrator or Photoshop. Because I definitely do not possess mad skillz, I need every advantage possible.
I use a Logitech wireless thinline for Mac when I am not traveling. I also use a Bela for FCP when editing.
had a wireless mighty mouse
I own a wireless mighty mouse and never use it - for two reasons:
1. The right click works once out of every five clicks (and yes, I have tried all the tricks - lifting finger completely off, etc.)
2. It is much easier to reach down to the trackpad then reach off for the mm.
anyone know if wired mighty mouse is better with the right click than wireless??
I own a wireless mighty mouse and never use it - for two reasons:
1. The right click works once out of every five clicks (and yes, I have tried all the tricks - lifting finger completely off, etc.)
2. It is much easier to reach down to the trackpad then reach off for the mm.
anyone know if wired mighty mouse is better with the right click than wireless??
I have the same problem with the wireless mighty mouse i have. I was wondering what the heck i was doing wrong because I just gave my old wired mighty mouse to a friends after I got the wireless one. The wired one I had before never have the problem of right clicking.
i use an apple wireless keyboard and a logitech mx revolution mouse for my macbook. it's connected to an external display, and i usually run everything lid-closed.
Logitech mouse, MBP keyboard. The keyboard is just the best keyboard I have ever used, so I tend to use it over any external ones.