Will Apple keyboard work on PC?

[rrypma]

I'm looking for a rather small, elegant keyboard with small footprint like the current batch from Apple. I can't seem to find one for the PC that's similar. Will the latest Apple keyboards work with PC? Has anyone tried? Thanks...

 

[MercenaryForHire]

The Apple Pro USB keyboards (and mice for that matter) should work just fine with a PC as a "PnP USB Keyboard".

- M4H

 

[0roo0roo]

just missing the windows key i guess, or would those weird command keys from apple be equiv? those keyboards are kinda sweet.

 

[Eug]

IIRC, it should work fine, except that the Apple key (which corresponds to the Windows key) is on the right side of the ALT/option key instead of on the left like on PC keyboards.

There's no forward "DELETE" button either, just the backspace delete key.

OTOH, there's an "EJECT" key, but I don't know if that can mapped to do anything on a PC.

The Apple Pro USB keyboards (and mice for that matter) should work just fine with a PC as a "PnP USB Keyboard".

Only one button mouse of course. 😛

 

[rrypma]

Kensington makes a very nice keyboard (black and somewhat transluscent) for the MAC that I really like. Very sleek and elegant for about $30. I'm hoping that'll work for me. Curious though....What do MAC users use for a 'delete' key??

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: rrypma
Kensington makes a very nice keyboard (black and somewhat transluscent) for the MAC that I really like. Very sleek and elegant for about $30. I'm hoping that'll work for me. Curious though....What do MAC users use for a 'delete' key??

A Mac "delete" key is backwards delete, like the backspace key on a PC.

Macs don't have the forward delete key, but most people don't use the forward delete key on PCs anyway.