Comments on: Mac envy: How to use an Apple keyboard with Windows http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2008/04/03/mac-envy-how-to-use-an-apple-keyboard-with-windows/ A blog about our thoughts on entrepreneurship, teamwork, our services, the Web and anything we find interesting. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:27:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ian http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2008/04/03/mac-envy-how-to-use-an-apple-keyboard-with-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-68450 Ian Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:03:51 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/?p=1158#comment-68450 Haha, wow. I love it when people who don't know what they are talking about post about Mac OSX. :D AMDphreak: Just because you have had one bad experience doesn't mean everyone does. My 5.5G iPod is still going strong. Long battery life still with average use. Not sure why you're having such problems. What exactly do you mean by skimpy? You mean that it has the power of the Unix command prompt behind it as well as all of the OSX window system AND X11? G'dam! You're right! Also, that bookshelf isn't all the Mac apps!!! Hahaha. There are lots you can find online. You ever use Google before? Oh wait... I bet you're a Bing guy. ;) As far as being able to customize your computer... I am in the same boat, that is not to say I don't own and enjoy Macs. How much customizing and building of Laptops do you do? Really? I have a desktop that I tweak out daily. Rarely keep an OS on there for a couple months (I currently have Ubuntu 9.10 and Win7). When I'm messing around with that I definitely appreciate having my MBP and iMac running quickly and smoothly. So go ahead and not buy a Mac. Stick with your Windows 7 computer and enjoy it. Just wanted to let you know that you're missing out. To those who say "there are no apps for Macs," you are ignorant and ill-informed. Haha, wow. I love it when people who don’t know what they are talking about post about Mac OSX. :D

AMDphreak: Just because you have had one bad experience doesn’t mean everyone does. My 5.5G iPod is still going strong. Long battery life still with average use. Not sure why you’re having such problems.

What exactly do you mean by skimpy? You mean that it has the power of the Unix command prompt behind it as well as all of the OSX window system AND X11? G’dam! You’re right! Also, that bookshelf isn’t all the Mac apps!!! Hahaha. There are lots you can find online. You ever use Google before? Oh wait… I bet you’re a Bing guy. ;)

As far as being able to customize your computer…

I am in the same boat, that is not to say I don’t own and enjoy Macs. How much customizing and building of Laptops do you do? Really? I have a desktop that I tweak out daily. Rarely keep an OS on there for a couple months (I currently have Ubuntu 9.10 and Win7). When I’m messing around with that I definitely appreciate having my MBP and iMac running quickly and smoothly.

So go ahead and not buy a Mac. Stick with your Windows 7 computer and enjoy it. Just wanted to let you know that you’re missing out.

To those who say “there are no apps for Macs,” you are ignorant and ill-informed.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2008/04/03/mac-envy-how-to-use-an-apple-keyboard-with-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-68421 Andrew Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:03:36 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/?p=1158#comment-68421 works on win7! appreciate it! works on win7! appreciate it!

]]> By: james http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2008/04/03/mac-envy-how-to-use-an-apple-keyboard-with-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-68095 james Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:31:16 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/?p=1158#comment-68095 Hey guys. did some more research and also found this site. It might be even better than the first one I posted! life123.com/technology/computer-hardware/mac/how-to-use-a-mac-computer.shtml Hey guys. did some more research and also found this site. It might be even better than the first one I posted!
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]]> By: James http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2008/04/03/mac-envy-how-to-use-an-apple-keyboard-with-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-67973 James Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:46:00 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/?p=1158#comment-67973 Awesome article. This one helped me out a lot too when I was trying to make the transition from PC to Mac. http://www.freemacblog.com/mac-server-series-install-wordpress-on-your-mac-using-mamp/comment-page-2/#comment-148530 Awesome article. This one helped me out a lot too when I was trying to make the transition from PC to Mac.
http://www.freemacblog.com/mac-server-series-install-wordpress-on-your-mac-using-mamp/comment-page-2/#comment-148530

]]> By: Jason http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2008/04/03/mac-envy-how-to-use-an-apple-keyboard-with-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-67919 Jason Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:03:10 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/?p=1158#comment-67919 Thanks so much for this script. Helped me out a lot! Thanks so much for this script. Helped me out a lot!

]]> By: Refurbished iMac 24″ http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2008/04/03/mac-envy-how-to-use-an-apple-keyboard-with-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-67252 Refurbished iMac 24″ Fri, 07 Aug 2009 08:10:34 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/?p=1158#comment-67252 [...] desk space, and I took this full size keyboard to work connecting to a Windows machine, have to use AutoHotkey to map some keys to the regular Windows keyboard [...] [...] desk space, and I took this full size keyboard to work connecting to a Windows machine, have to use AutoHotkey to map some keys to the regular Windows keyboard [...]

]]> By: AMDphreak http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2008/04/03/mac-envy-how-to-use-an-apple-keyboard-with-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-67249 AMDphreak Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:41:08 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/?p=1158#comment-67249 Apple will never be welcome in my home. I bought an iPod 5.5G and its battery was completely dead after 2 years of average usage. Apple is, and always will be, a company dedicated to the most attractive scams ever to be permitted in a store. Their operating system really is crap after all. I've taken several hours to begin my study of MacOS's by using the Macbooks in my school's bookstore, and I am mesmerized by how skimpy the Operating System is, and even more by how few applications it has. I went to the Mac Store in Memphis Tennessee, and it was the most hilarious thing to me when I walked in. They fit the entirety of their available software in one neat little neck-high bookshelf. That's not a scarcity--that's a video-game hero army: 1 soldier against a million oncoming combatants. As for their keyboards, there are few tactical cues as to where you are on the keyboard, and the keys catch your fingers when moving from one to the other, causing you to hit the wrong keys. Apple will never be welcome in my home. I bought an iPod 5.5G and its battery was completely dead after 2 years of average usage. Apple is, and always will be, a company dedicated to the most attractive scams ever to be permitted in a store.

Their operating system really is crap after all. I’ve taken several hours to begin my study of MacOS’s by using the Macbooks in my school’s bookstore, and I am mesmerized by how skimpy the Operating System is, and even more by how few applications it has. I went to the Mac Store in Memphis Tennessee, and it was the most hilarious thing to me when I walked in. They fit the entirety of their available software in one neat little neck-high bookshelf. That’s not a scarcity–that’s a video-game hero army: 1 soldier against a million oncoming combatants.

As for their keyboards, there are few tactical cues as to where you are on the keyboard, and the keys catch your fingers when moving from one to the other, causing you to hit the wrong keys.

]]> By: adeline http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2008/04/03/mac-envy-how-to-use-an-apple-keyboard-with-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-67080 adeline Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:50:27 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/?p=1158#comment-67080 Hi all, I need help on my mac keyboard. I may have accidentally press some fun tabs and my number key pads on the right hand side of my mac keyboard does not work at all. Is that a way to remove the number lock on my mac keyboard? Please help! Thanks a lot! Hi all,

I need help on my mac keyboard. I may have accidentally press some fun tabs and my number key pads on the right hand side of my mac keyboard does not work at all. Is that a way to remove the number lock on my mac keyboard? Please help! Thanks a lot!

]]> By: Ctrl+Alt+Delete http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2008/04/03/mac-envy-how-to-use-an-apple-keyboard-with-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-66962 Ctrl+Alt+Delete Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:25:16 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/?p=1158#comment-66962 Does anyone else's ctrl+alt+delete not work, for some reason i have to press option(alt) which should be set as a the Win key. However, alt tab with what i remapped as alt (command) does work, i cant figure out whats wrong. Does anyone else’s ctrl+alt+delete not work, for some reason i have to press option(alt) which should be set as a the Win key. However, alt tab with what i remapped as alt (command) does work, i cant figure out whats wrong.

]]> By: alt-tab frustration http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2008/04/03/mac-envy-how-to-use-an-apple-keyboard-with-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-66940 alt-tab frustration Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:20:19 +0000 http://www.freshbooks.com/?p=1158#comment-66940 see here: http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/misc/Remap.htm#AltTab if your alt tab doesn't work on this! see here:
http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/misc/Remap.htm#AltTab

if your alt tab doesn’t work on this!

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