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Offline aref

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HHKB Pro 2 Best of Mac or PC?
« on: Mon, 24 February 2014, 20:08:43 »
I've been looking at an HHKB Pro 2 keyboard. From what I've read on EK's site, it seems that the keyboard is better suited to Macs than PC because more KB functions are offered for Mac than PC users. Is this so or is there some salient point I'm missing? Thanks.
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Re: HHKB Pro 2 Best of Mac or PC?
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 24 February 2014, 20:17:22 »
media keys like volume, power and brightness only work on mac.
otherwise arrow, home/end, page up/down work on both.
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Re: HHKB Pro 2 Best of Mac or PC?
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 24 February 2014, 20:22:16 »
Quote from: argcargv on Mon, 24 February 2014, 20:17:22
media keys like volume, power and brightness only work on mac.
otherwise arrow, home/end, page up/down work on both.

Got it. Thank you.
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Re: HHKB Pro 2 Best of Mac or PC?
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 24 February 2014, 21:31:15 »
I find I need arrow keys, home, end, page up/down far, far more on PC than Mac.

On Mac control characters do most of those, like Ctrl-A for line beginning, Ctrl-F for forward 1 char etc.
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Re: HHKB Pro 2 Best of Mac or PC?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 25 February 2014, 01:45:10 »
I don't find it to be an issue, use it on a mac at work and a pc at home.
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Re: HHKB Pro 2 Best of Mac or PC?
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 25 February 2014, 09:34:14 »
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 24 February 2014, 21:31:15
I find I need arrow keys, home, end, page up/down far, far more on PC than Mac.

On Mac control characters do most of those, like Ctrl-A for line beginning, Ctrl-F for forward 1 char etc.

I feel the same: cursor and page keys are important to me. I use my computers for writing rather
than gaming, and I'd likely regret the loss of cursor and page keys. I'm intrigued by HHKBs, but the
intrigue might be short-lived if I had to repeatedly reach for mouse rather than go to frequently used
KB commands.

Thanks for the assists; I appreciate your collective input. Perhaps a worthy consideration is an FC660C.
I do like my Topre switches, albeit the company's 55-gram key switch. Sometimes the 'want' for a new
keyboard is relentless. I even had, felt compelled, to pick up one Cherry MX KB (MX Blue in my instance)
simply because of the near endless mods one can perform. It's a keyboard DIY thing.
endless mods one might enjoy doing.
« Last Edit: Tue, 25 February 2014, 13:37:56 by SSKGuy »
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Re: HHKB Pro 2 Best of Mac or PC?
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 25 February 2014, 23:04:55 »
FC660C has received overwhelmingly good reviews.

Also the CM Novatouch to be released soon.  Maybe.
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