Macally Small USB Keyboard Wired (Mac/PC): Space-Saving 2 Zone Design | Slim Compact Keyboard for Laptop with Metal Base and 5ft USB Cable | Apple Compatible Keyboard Small - Silver Review

Macally is a well-known brand in the crowded keyboard market. Lifetime support - Warranty up to 2 years - Wired (my readers know I avoid wireless mice and keyboards) CONS - No programmable keys - No backlight - No hotkeys Macally makes another quiet keyboard with a built-in USB hub, which is great is useful. If you can do without a backlight, then better choose this model, not this one. It's not a "clicky" keyboard, so you know it's not a "gaming" keyboard.

This keyboard is 14-1/2" wide instead of 16-1/2" like Apple's number pad keyboard. This is accomplished by removing the upside down "T". Arrow keys and the home button stack and move keys. The arrow keys move down to the right of the space bar. "Function" moves to the lower left corner. The "Forward Delete" key becomes a modifier for the function of the "Backward Delete" key. "Home", "End", "Page Up", "Page Down" keys become modifiers for the control keys on the numeric keypad. If you use these

The form factor of this keyboard seems to follow the Apple standard - from a distance you would think it was an Apple keyboard if it weren't for the logo at the top. It's USB only - no Bluetooth (which to be honest is a plus for me as it doesn't drain the battery). The problem is that I duplicated the keystrokes somewhat randomly - too often to be an accident. Unfortunately, I ended up finding it useless.

Well made. It's compact but no smaller than your Macbook's keyboard. The only issue that bothers me is that the up/down arrow keys are very small and not too easy to press (maybe with more practice I'll get the hang of it).

Keyboard designers consider the FN keys more important than the F keys You must hold down a key to use the F keys. The CTRL key is not in the corner either, but a key is set. Instead of returning this POS I had a lot of fun smashing it.

I took this keyboard with me on trips. I had a cheap one that refused to insert spaces while I was typing unless I firmly pressed the spacebar. I replaced it with a much better keyboard but it was full size and great for home use but didn't fit in my laptop bag. This Macally keyboard performs as expected and is compact enough to fit in my laptop bag. As far as I can tell, the key spacing etc. is exactly the same as my MacBook Pro. The keys "go" don't go very far, which suits me. It's just a…

This keyboard is 14-1/2" instead of 16-1/2" wide like the Apple numeric keypad. This is achieved by removing the inverted "T". Arrow keys and home key stack keys and move them. Arrow keys to the right of the spacebar move down. Function moves to the lower-left corner. The Forward Clear key becomes a modifier for the Backward Clear key function. The Keys "Home", "End", "Page Up", "Page Down" become modifiers for the control keys on the numeric keypad. If you use these keys frequently , it will…

I got this for my older MacBook with a standard USB port. In general I like it, it's small but with a full keyboard and light. But you can't switch the number pad to arrows, only numbers (according to their website). It doesn't matter since numbers are what I want most of the time. But if you need arrow keys, you only have four tiny keys at the bottom of the keyboard, not very efficient or no more than what is on a MacBook. The keyboard does not light up, but the function keys work like they do

Note. I use a Mac, so this review only covers how this keyboard works on a Mac. The best keyboard I've ever used is the MB110LL/B Apple Wired Numeric Keyboard, which is no longer available and was insanely expensive when it was available. (Apple's current version uses Bluetooth instead of USB, and it's also insanely expensive.) This keyboard from Macally has the same excellent "key feel" as Apple's keyboard, so it's great. It's a few inches shorter than the Apple, and it doesn't have the nice…