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<blockquote data-quote="iGotMac" data-source="post: 962677" data-attributes="member: 135860"><p>I just got my first Mac, an iMac 27 with the i7 processor and I love it. I basically threw away about 20 years of windows training/familiarity but I could not take Microsoft OS anymore. I bought an iPhone, really liked the simplicity and easy of use and I decided to switch the whole household to Apple: 2 iPhones, an iMac and a macbook. </p><p></p><p>So, I am at the very beginning of learning the mac and I already feel very clumsy, missing all my short cuts and tricks from Windows. It is just a matter of time, I know, but not having a full keyboard was adding to the clumsiness. </p><p></p><p>I was disappointed to find out that there is no numeric keypad version of the wireless keyboard. I don't see why Apple did not request the supplier of the "standard" wireless keyboard to manufacture a wider version with the keypad. You'd buy the iMac with the standard and, if you need it, you can buy the extra keyboard right away. Actually, had I been in the room when they discussed it, I would have suggested to request the supplier of the keyboard to manufacture both a version with a numeric keypad AND a stand-alone wireless keypad. So you would have three options: small keyboard and no keypad, additional stand alone keypad (to turn on when you need it) or the full keyboard. I use the keypad often, but the problem is not just for the numbers but it is not having the delete forward, the home, and the end buttons. If you use a word editor or a spreadsheet program, you will be much faster if you use the full keyboard.</p><p></p><p>I was forced to get the wired keyboard but the fact that I see the wire JUST BUGS me now. C'mon Apple, do it!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iGotMac, post: 962677, member: 135860"] I just got my first Mac, an iMac 27 with the i7 processor and I love it. I basically threw away about 20 years of windows training/familiarity but I could not take Microsoft OS anymore. I bought an iPhone, really liked the simplicity and easy of use and I decided to switch the whole household to Apple: 2 iPhones, an iMac and a macbook. So, I am at the very beginning of learning the mac and I already feel very clumsy, missing all my short cuts and tricks from Windows. It is just a matter of time, I know, but not having a full keyboard was adding to the clumsiness. I was disappointed to find out that there is no numeric keypad version of the wireless keyboard. I don't see why Apple did not request the supplier of the "standard" wireless keyboard to manufacture a wider version with the keypad. You'd buy the iMac with the standard and, if you need it, you can buy the extra keyboard right away. Actually, had I been in the room when they discussed it, I would have suggested to request the supplier of the keyboard to manufacture both a version with a numeric keypad AND a stand-alone wireless keypad. So you would have three options: small keyboard and no keypad, additional stand alone keypad (to turn on when you need it) or the full keyboard. I use the keypad often, but the problem is not just for the numbers but it is not having the delete forward, the home, and the end buttons. If you use a word editor or a spreadsheet program, you will be much faster if you use the full keyboard. I was forced to get the wired keyboard but the fact that I see the wire JUST BUGS me now. C'mon Apple, do it!!! [/QUOTE]
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