Q: Wireless Keyboard with Numeric keypad? why doesn't Apple make one?
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Jan 25, 2011 1:27 PMby b ran don,If you've already got the wireless keyboard, you could buy this bluetooth numeric pad that attaches to the Apple keyboard:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/24/lmp-bluetooth-keypad-now-ready-willing-to-mat e-with-your-apple/
Regards,
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Mar 8, 2012 4:38 PMby AviationStudent,Well, that's not very helpful just saying 'they have!' - perhaps u could point us in the right direction because from what I understand, they don't! Which is a little annoying and oddly inconsistent. I would LOVE a numerical keypad (I work with a lot of figures at college) and I'm sure any accountant u speak to does not want to be fumbling around with the horizontal array of numbers. *apple please make one ASAP! ;-)
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Mar 12, 2012 7:41 AMby Czicks,I too have been patiently waiting for Apple to get around in making a full wireless keyboard. Unfortunatly the add-on numpad seems to be cheap junk if the reviews on Amazon.com are accurate.
For now I'll keep using my fullsize wired keyboard until Apple, or someone else, make a complete wireless model that isn't trash.
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Apr 11, 2012 7:12 PMby muzikeditor,Sad for all of us, but glad to hear I'm not alone!
All of the pro software from Apple (Final Cut, Logic, etc.), and anybody else for that matter, requires a numeric keypad to fully utilize their products.
Most of use the keyboard shortcuts to speed our workflow.
I don't care how 'magic' your mouse is, pointing & clicking your way through a Pro Tools or Final Cut edit session is a drag (with no drop).
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May 3, 2012 1:59 AMby Rndmzr,No idea of course why they don't do it, but agree with the posters here that say that they wish they did. I'll no doubt end up buying something third party where I would rather spend the money on a true Apple product and not have to bother with a dongle in my laptop all the time.
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May 30, 2012 8:10 AMby Dezzorian,There is an alternative from Logitech: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/keyboards/keyboard/devices/wireless-solar-keyboard -k750-mac
It receives mixed reviews though...
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Jun 19, 2012 9:04 PMby Squibb,I too am a Final Cut user on a daily basis for my job and cannot live without a numeric
keypad!
Please Apple, make a wireless keyboard with a full keypad just like your old white one!
I am still using my old white one just waiting with baited breath for a new one to come out.
I won't waste my money on a new wired one.
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Jul 22, 2012 2:59 PMby NickAvallone,I'll join this chorus. The lack of a number pad is stopping me from buying one of those groovy new Apple keyboards. I'll limp along with my Dell wireless keyboard until such time as Apple decides to be less exclusive of those of us who need once in a while to do some data entry.
