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Especially like 2 additional USB ports. Only more more thing I would like is a backspace key. I just inserted into USB port on my MAC PB laptop OS10.4 and it was that simple.Works GREAT. I like the familiar keyboard--like the 10-key.
No workaround. However, the moment that I plug it into my HP/Compaq laptop (running Windows XP Pro), it triggers an overload alert and the USB port is immediately disabled. I purchased this numeric keypad because it had a standard layout like conventional desktop numeric keypads. To be specific, it has a single, large 0/Insert key where others add the "000" key between the Enter and 0/Insert key.
Great little device. It also has two additional ports. I have a 12' notebook and just hate fumbling through number keys as I am used to using a calculator and the number keypad on my keyboard. The attachable keypad speeds the numbering process up especially when creating documents in Excel.
I wasted a couple hours trying to debug the setup before giving up and buying a different USB keypad (the Targus AKP01US) and finding it was the Kensington that was the problem.Too bad, because otherwise it's a nice-looking, compact, and good-feeling unit. For applications that need to be able to distinguish between the numbers on the top row of the keyboard versus the numbers on the keypad, this device did not work. It just doesn't work right for my specialized application (a 3D package called Blender) I picked one of these up for use with a 3D Design package, which makes use of the numeric keypad for special functions. Unfortunately, while the Pocket Keypad does work well for typing in numbers or cursor keys, it doesn't actually simulate the numeric keypad correctly.
It does seem like the cheapest keypad for the buck, but I do wish they'd advertise more thoroughly about their compatibility. I contacted customer service to see whether I was perhaps just not setting it up properly, but after some trying of various strategies, customer service sent me an email saying that the device was just not compatible with my system. Seems like a fine item, very affordable, and might perhaps work well on most systems. but while it says it's compatible with Mac systems above OS 8.6, it wouldn't interface properly with my OS X Powerbook.
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