Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 So I've decided to invest in an external number pad for my laptop, as entering data in for physics labs is just a royal pain. I looked around first on Amazon to see what I could find for under $15, and this seems to be the best for my price range. My only concern is that I'm on a mac. Does anyone know if that'll give me any trouble, and does anyone have a suggestion for a different pad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 You can plug any USB keyboard on Earth into your Mac and have it work just fine; I don't see why the same wouldn't be true for a keypad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 Yet another reason to continue using mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 That's more of a reason to not stop using it. A lack of a con rather than the presence of a pro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 I had a facepalm moment when I received an external number pad as a gift a while back. It was Bluetooth-synced or somesuch, and it only functioned as a way to type numbers. It didn't, say, let me move around in Blades of Avernum. So yeah, then I got a cheap USB one and it works fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted November 21, 2010 Share Posted November 21, 2010 Originally Posted By: Master1 Yet another reason to continue using mac. I have a great love for Apple products, but in this case, the same applies to Windows and Linux. All keyboards use the same basic driver. The same thing applies to mice, microphones, cameras, and flash drives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted November 21, 2010 Author Share Posted November 21, 2010 Originally Posted By: Tyranicus All keyboards use the same basic driver. The same thing applies to mice, microphones, cameras, and flash drives. I suspected that to be the case, but all of the pages listed the OS's that they ran on, leading me to assume that it wasn't as universal as I would expect. Also, when my class tried to use microphones to record audio at school, we had more problems than you can shake a stick at. Well, I suppose I'll go ahead and put this on my Christmas list now. Or rather, my December Presents Day list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody Artemis~ Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Just thought I'd point out that not all things are as universal as others...such as different power chargers for laptops, or even USB cables for digital cameras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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