Will a MAC keyboard work on a PC??

[malachi1313]

They just look so damn cool and they have the usb port built into it for the mouse. You usually have to pay at least a hundred bux to get that with a regular keyboard. Anyone ever tried it??

[einstein_314]

Yup. They work just fine.

[radekhulan]

USB hubs in keyboards are (many times) useless. When I connected G5 mouse and HTC TyTN sync station to my Logitech G15 kbd, I experienced random disconnects of KBD and mouse .. Plugging them into monitor, which has powered USB hub, solved the problem.

[crainger]

USB hubs in keyboards are (many times) useless. When I connected G5 mouse and HTC TyTN sync station to my Logitech G15 kbd, I experienced random disconnects of KBD and mouse .. Plugging them into monitor, which has powered USB hub, solved the problem.

They aren't usless, just not for decives which draw a fair bit of power. A PDA does as it charges off the USB. Disable USB charging in WM5 would stop the disconnects. But as you fixed it with a powered hub... Why bother? :D

[six_storm]

The only bad thing about the USB port in the Mac keyboard is that it will only do USB 1.1 speeds, not 2.0. I don't remember the exact speeds because I plainly don't give a crap.

[radekhulan]

They aren't usless, just not for decives which draw a fair bit of power. A PDA does as it charges off the USB. Disable USB charging in WM5 would stop the disconnects. But as you fixed it with a powered hub... Why bother? :D

It did happen with only G5 mouse connected. G15 itself, with its LCD and backlitten keys, takes so much power that USB hub in it is simply useless.