Hi Earle, If this is a recent iMac purchase, the answer depends on what your friend bought. When you order an iMac on line, you can configure it with either a full size wired keyboard that includes the numeric keypad or an Apple Wireless keyboard. If the Apple Wireless keyboard was selected, then the layout of the keyboard is exactly the same as on your MacBook Pro and any other laptop except the latest model MacBook Airs, which do not have an "eject" key in the top right corner. If this is a wired keyboard with numeric keypad, then there's no Fn key in the bottom left corner of the keyboard, and the bottom row of keys has the three Control, Option, and Command keys to the left of the space bar, with the same three keys mirrored (Command, Option, and Control) to the right of the space bar. The arrow keys are moved to a separate group to the right of the main keyboard and are full height instead of half height keys -- the up arrow is lined up with the Shift keys. There's a six-pack of keys that are Fn, Home, and Page Up level with the delete key and number key row in the main keyboard area, and forward delete, End, and Page Down level with the qwerty row of letter keys. The half-height keys for F13, F14, and F15 are just above this six-pack. (Note: this assumes this is the latest model keyboard from the last year or so).
To the right of the set of controls with arrow keys and six-pack of home, end, page up and down, etc. keys is the 18-key numeric keypad with an additional 4 half height F-keys (F16-F19) above it. The enter key in the bottom right corner is double height. You can have your friend enter keyboard help mode (VO-k to enter, exit by pressing the escape key in the top left corner), and find out all the keys. I think that as of two years or so ago, the default is to give you an Apple Wireless Keyboard with the iMac unless you request the full-size wired keyboard. You can get either, but you have to know to ask if you want the full-size keyboard with number pad, and that is only available in the wired option. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 4, 2012, at 9:38 AM, Earle wrote: > Is there a difference in the layouts between the MacBook Pro keyboard and the > iMac keyboard? I currently own a MacBook Pro. A friend of mine will be buying > an iMac. I plan to help her out over the phone. so i won't be there in person > to look at the keyboard. any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > Sent from my iPhone > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
