Re: Rationale behind Apple wireless keyboard design?

In article <C52FECE8.35D1%draconus@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Mal Thomas <draconus@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Does anyone know why the numeric keypad and other ancillary buttons are
missing from the Apple wireless keyboard ?

I am sure if it was identical to the wired keyboard (apart from being
wireless of course), more people would probably consider buying one, I know
I would.

I assume there is/was a logical rationale behind Apple's decision to do
this, but I am yet to uncover it.

My perspective is the opposite; I bought the wireless keyboard
specifically because it doesn't include those keys. I never use them
anyway, and I hate the extra space between the alphanumeric keys and my
mouse on full keyboards. I don't even care that it's wireless, I'd have
bought it if it had a USB cable. If it was identical to their current
wired keyboard, though, I'd have absolutely no interest in it.

So perhaps Apple's logical rationale is to spur sales. :-)

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Tom "Tom" Harrington
Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002
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