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Which keyboard will turn on a macbook pro?

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macbookuser19

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Nov 7, 2008
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I have a small desk at home, and need to conserve space, so I have just bought a vertical stand for my macbook pro. Only problem is how do I turn it on now?? Is there a keyboard available which has a power button on it, so that I could turn my macbook pro on and off?

Thanks in advance! :)
 
macbookuser19 said:
I have a small desk at home, and need to conserve space, so I have just bought a vertical stand for my macbook pro. Only problem is how do I turn it on now?? Is there a keyboard available which has a power button on it, so that I could turn my macbook pro on and off?

Thanks in advance! :)
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I love my Apple Wireless keyboard, its the best keyboard i've ever had.
 
The Samurai said:
It has a power button to turn the keyboard on and off but not the actual system.
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That's what I was thinking. I have checked a number of sites, and this does not ook possible. Although I could put it to hibernate or sleep. I think with these I would be able to turn it on again with the external keyboard. I like the wireless version, but would need the keypad at the end, and that is only available on the wired version. I guess I need to figure out what I'd be using it for mostly. Thanks!
 
zachsilvey said:
the device has to powered on for the usb ports or bluetooth to be active. Older mac used to be able to do this.
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I was kind of hoping that wasn't the case. But after doing all this research and testing. It's true. Only on older macs. Thanks anyways!
 
I dont think they have anything like what you are looking for I have a keyboard from an IMAC g3 that has a power button and it turned on the system but O dont think it will work for any other computer
 
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