will a mac keyboard work on a pc?

ive decided i want a apple pro keyboard as they are sooo sexy and ive heard that they work on a pc but do they really and will the apple key substitute for a windows key and will it all be ok?

i need a windows key as i dont think id be able to like without the shortcuts

 

Yes and Yes

Its quite a nice keyboard

all the rubbish shows up easily though

 

Yea there a pain to clean as well

 

yep the keyboard works fine

and the mouse

 

All the buttons work except for the eject button on the top right of the keyboard.

Windows Key = Apple Option Key

 

Re: Re: will a mac keyboard work on a pc?

Well that and F13, F14 and F15!

 

Yes, got this working in XP nicely. I got the iTouch driver to enable the mulitmedia functions and only eject, f13,14,15 are dead...

Dirt has already gone in..and I might have to find a torx to clean it...or just let it get old with time, and get something else later on

http://www.bsodmike.com/spawnbox2/applekb/applekb.html





£49 in store....

got two, cause one is for 'SpawnBox2'.... only gripe no PRINTSCREEN..ohh well hypersnap will have to do

Mike....

 

My F13, F14 and F15 keys work Muahahhahaha

EDIT: My F15 key is print screen.... again..... Muahahahahahaha

 

While on the subject of mac keyboards can you buy the funky white key apple pro keyboards that come with Imacs yet??

 

Apple Pro Keyboard (White Keys)

if it doesn't work anymore, go to store.apple.com scroll down to the input devices on teh left hand side and go from there...

 

f15 eh? Must give this a check hehe

Mike

 

You might need AppleKeys first

 

Nice one!! There cheaper too

 

nice find

 

My god ive been such a spaming bitch in this thread with 6 posts..


Make that 7

 

i can get it for cheaper too as i will be buying it along with a 12" powerbook G4 (yipee) i want teh mouse as well but i dont know how i would live with 1 button and no wheel.

in fact i dont know how i would live with less than 5 buttons on my mouse? how many buttong can you actually get on a mouse these days? ive seen logitech has an 8 button and wheel mouse out?

i want one with the whole keyboard on the mouse, anyone make one of those?

 

mybe ill just mod a trackball upside down onto the underside of my keyboard

 

what about the alt and the apple key? they're backwards compared to alt and windows key on a "normal" keybaord. and does the apple button work like windows button?

 

it does indeed. the mac keyboard has been one of the best keyboards i've ever used. you get used to the swtiched alt and functions keys pretty quickly.

does anyone know of anything to get he eject button to work? i was trying to change the output code to one that windows understands, but failed and ruined the board in the process.

 

just brought my baby home at a bargain £42.50

student price