Apple gone crazy!! Removes numpad from default keyboard
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freshseasons
King of my own Castle
Spreadsheets, Spreadsheets, Spreadsheets, Spreadsheets
If you are into excel sheets with number crunching needs avoid this keyboard like plague.
However if you are amongst the elite few with their own secretary and the mundane needs of life are taken care of and all that day demands from you,is just use the mouse and enter that username for bank access or whatever fancies his highness ,this diva is for you.
While the elites basks in the glory of higher refinements and aesthetics of life,please allow us mortals to ponder over the functionality of absence of NumPad.
If you are into excel sheets with number crunching needs avoid this keyboard like plague.
However if you are amongst the elite few with their own secretary and the mundane needs of life are taken care of and all that day demands from you,is just use the mouse and enter that username for bank access or whatever fancies his highness ,this diva is for you.
While the elites basks in the glory of higher refinements and aesthetics of life,please allow us mortals to ponder over the functionality of absence of NumPad.
IronManForever
IronMan; Ready to Roll...
Tech news, eh?
1. Stop crying! There still is a Build-to Order option available.
2. If not, we should see a number of third party numpad add-ons.
3. If you are not buying a Mac, why should you be concerned?
4. If you are buying a mac, something like this will hardly deter you.
5. Keyboards can be subjective. I found the MacBook keyboard a bit too shallow for my tastes, and I was so frustrated. I still dont feel super-comfortable with it, but I noticed that I typed out stuff notably faster with this one, and for longer too!
6. Apple must have relied on usage statistics for all this stuff. I myself hardly use them.
7. Apple doesnt go wrong with its design, remember. The design and usability is what sells.
8. If you think something isnt right, read point 6.
1. Stop crying! There still is a Build-to Order option available.
2. If not, we should see a number of third party numpad add-ons.
3. If you are not buying a Mac, why should you be concerned?
4. If you are buying a mac, something like this will hardly deter you.
5. Keyboards can be subjective. I found the MacBook keyboard a bit too shallow for my tastes, and I was so frustrated. I still dont feel super-comfortable with it, but I noticed that I typed out stuff notably faster with this one, and for longer too!
6. Apple must have relied on usage statistics for all this stuff. I myself hardly use them.
7. Apple doesnt go wrong with its design, remember. The design and usability is what sells.
8. If you think something isnt right, read point 6.
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infra_red_dude
Wire muncher!
This is the best post of the thread
amitava82
MMO Addict
1. Apple has both with (regular) and without numeric keypad version of the same keyboard.
2. Both costs same. It's up to you to decide which one to opt for.
3. It goes great with Mac Mini.
4. With iMac you have an option to opt for with num keypad or the small one without any extra cost.
5. And yes, this keyboard is targeted for mac. Mostly for aesthetic value and quality. Won't go with your home made desktop PC or gaming.
2. Both costs same. It's up to you to decide which one to opt for.
3. It goes great with Mac Mini.
4. With iMac you have an option to opt for with num keypad or the small one without any extra cost.
5. And yes, this keyboard is targeted for mac. Mostly for aesthetic value and quality. Won't go with your home made desktop PC or gaming.
kumarmohit
Technomancer
ROTFL - Remarkable comparison with girl's clothing there.
BTW in the keyboards - TVS Gold FTW!
krazzy
Techtree Reviewer
Absolutely agree with you here. As one wise man (me) once said (right now), "Use it before you abuse it".
And the number pad is useless anyway. Why do people need to have a separate set of number keys is beyond me. I have been using a laptop for three years now and I never missed the seperate number keys. And even now when I work on my office desktop PC with a full keyboard I never use the number keys.
And if you are so freaking nuts about the number pad then Apple is providing an option to buy the full keyboard as well. Unlike what they do usually, this time they are not trying to force just one option down your throat with the take it or leave it attitude.
As for the kayboards themselves I have used the iMac keyboard and it is very comfortable to type on and doesn't look like a surf board, unlike most keyboards out there. I don't really see what is to complain here. Or are we really running out of topics to discuss?
lol...
hullap
Cyborg Agent
you made my day
its by apple dude, incase you didnt understand that
hahahahaha. nice one
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mehra.rakesh
Journeyman
you made my day
its by apple dude, incase you didnt understand that
Its a joke dude !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Am i really that bad that u've not understood it ??
and what happened to the accelerometer mouse from apple !!!! it was something that i was waiting for even if it was something from those ELiTiST iDiOTS...
NucleusKore
TheSaint
Apple is for upper class users. Maybe they want to sell you a numpad separately, so that you part with a little more of you wealth
Liverpool_fan
Sami Hyypiä, LFC legend
To all Apple bashers: You don't understand...Apple is GOD...
IronManForever
IronMan; Ready to Roll...
Lets not flame over this guys..
SunnyChahal
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C'mon people it's just a keyboard! You're getting the same Apple keyboard with numpad at same price. So,why this quarrel? If you like it then buy it if you don't the get the fu(k out!
the.kaushik
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