Safest keyboard replacement for PM G5?

BDAqua wrote:

Am I correct in thinking it is safer to stick to Apple keyboards for the G5?

Not really, in fact I consider the latest Apple KBs the least desirable ones.

Oh, dear. I wish I were surprised by that comment. In what way(s) do you feel the keyboards have declined?

I have a brand new aluminum keyboard connected to the Mini… any risk in test-connecting it to the G5 to see if it is agreeable?

As you know about the Function key problem,,, no worry.

If there's no harm in going third-party, what brands/devices do you think are solid for my purposes?

No, no harm. 🙂

OK. It seems to me back in the day, I read a lot of stories about bad commands or data from malfunctioning keyboards causing Macs to seriously freak out. So that's why I'm uneasy about this.

Thanks again for your advice. Not many left out there able or willing to guide the likes of me 🙂 including Apple store personnel. Most of them in my recent experience are so young and so blasé that they seem to have barely a clue what you're talking about when you mention using a Power Mac G5—or how amazing it is that the thing still gets out of bed in the morning, so to speak. The company has an extraordinary history, but the staff I've talked to lately haven't been schooled in it much.

BDAqua wrote:

I wonder if they might only use iPhones & have no computer experience other than what they've seen in the Apple Store they work in!???

Seems highly possible to me. As I was saying to my dad (who taught me about personal computers via his Apple II and Mac Plus 🙂 ) the other day, the younger users are quite addicted to portability and that's one of the main reasons product lines have changed so much. (I'm finding the same is true of external drives.)

If you have trouble getting help in the future, feel free to join my site, not sure how much longer I can deal with Apple's terrible forum SW...

http://x704.net/bbs/

It does seem especially wonky at the moment. Appreciate the invite, didn't realize you had your own hangout. Making a note to look into it as soon as I get some things done NOT involving computers, LOL. Too bad I wasn't already a member when I got the Mini—maybe something in your community would have reminded me that MY G5 HAS AN AIRPORT CARD 😊 (which I just realized this morning… haven't attempted to add it to my home wifi network yet, but it does see it, and I assume it would have worked, re: my other recent thread where you helped me out). The adventure continues… happy to have new territory to explore even if I make a donkey of myself doing it.

No problem, your registration definitely came in frustration-free packaging as they say on Amazon, with a little bow of humor on top 🙂