ordered a mac mini - apple or windows KB?

craptakular · 24 Jul 2010 at 22:22

Yo,

Basically after a night of clicking with OSX after 2 years lol I have ordered a mac mini to compliment my macbook.

Now, I don't have enough desk space for two keyboards as I still need my windows games machine, for well Arma2

So, I can either buy a usb switch box for £25 I saw in my local competitors shop, or I can buy the £25 apple wired keyboard and rest it on top of my centre speaker of my 5.1 when not in use, then plug my G5 mouse into what ever computer I am using.

Seems a faf, but I will have a proper apple keyboard.

The Apple blutooth one is £50 :eek:

and I still would need to buy a blutooth mouse!

The blutooth apple KB would be nice as I can store it in my cupboard when not in use, but it's like £50, for a keyboard :/

craptakular · 24 Jul 2010 at 22:27

Slurms said:
depends if you like tiny weeny keys, or if you have large fingers like me, you might be suited to the G15/G11 ect?

I personally prefer the feel of the G11, And the looks. The Ally keyboard is a bit to sexy for me!

Go for a KVM if you don't use both PC's at the same time!

Yeh I don't use them at the same time, well not in the sense of literally at the same time as I would need to more hands

The only annoyance with my windows keyboard is that the " and @ and £ are all wrong.

Also I get confused which one of ctrl, windows button and alt are the apple keyboard equivalnce hehe..

craptakular · 25 Jul 2010 at 11:45

MacRS4 said:
Obvious question but do you actually need a keyboard for the mini at all? It depends what you're using it for.

My mini is a server for AV/Storage and as such I don't bother with a screen an keyboard. I use VNC to connect to it? Rarely need to plug into it physically.

Yeh I will need a keyboard and mouse as it's going to be my office, internet, e-mail, video and photo editor.

craptakular · 25 Jul 2010 at 12:24

PardonTheWait said:
Keys don't match up on a Windows keyboard, it's not just @ and ". Loads of stuff's in the wrong place.

Yeh, I have found some guides to fix these issues.

craptakular · 25 Jul 2010 at 19:10

Pav89 said:
I just invested in a Logitech Dinovo Mac Edition Keyboard. I owned the original mac keyboard and TOTALLY recommend you get the Dinovo Mac keyboard. Apple just don't know how to make good keyboards or mice IMHO.

It's double the price :eek:

Think I'm gonna buy a wired apple keyboard, it's £25. Seen photo's of people plugging USB dongles in the side of it for their mice. This is great because I already have a wireless USB adapter mouse lying around