Re: Good monitor and keyboard for the mac

2015-05-19 Thread Alex Hall
The monitor never went anywhere, but yes, I did take the keyboard a few different places. It was $12 though, so even if it had broken, I could have replaced it easily enough. Ultimately, the desire to travel with a Mac led me to switch to the Macbook, and I'm far happier overall. Sure, I miss al

Re: Good monitor and keyboard for the mac

2015-05-19 Thread Devin Prater
How long has your keyboard lasted? And what kind is it? Have you taken it places or kept in place? Sent from my iPhone > On May 19, 2015, at 9:40 AM, Alex Hall wrote: > > I had a Mac Mini for years (still do, but the drive is shot). I hooked up a > $12 USB keyboard from Wal-Mart, and a monit

Re: Good monitor and keyboard for the mac

2015-05-19 Thread Alex Hall
I had a Mac Mini for years (still do, but the drive is shot). I hooked up a $12 USB keyboard from Wal-Mart, and a monitor we'd had for at least five years from Dell, and it worked just fine. Apple computers don't need apple peripherals, but the Apple stuff tends to last longer and look better. O

Re: Good monitor and keyboard for the mac

2015-05-19 Thread Devin Prater
So Apple can look at non-Apple products, like cheap logitech keyboards and Visio TVS? Sent from my iPhone > On May 19, 2015, at 5:42 AM, Jonathan C Cohn wrote: > > I personally have heard great things about the Logitech keyboards. You can > actually pretty much use any USB keyboard, the prim

Re: Good monitor and keyboard for the mac

2015-05-19 Thread Jonathan C Cohn
I personally have heard great things about the Logitech keyboards. You can actually pretty much use any USB keyboard, the primary difference between Mac and Windows keyboards in the US is that the command and option keys by default are reversed in order. This can be created in System Preference

Good monitor and keyboard for the mac

2015-05-18 Thread Devin Prater
Hi all. So after a year or so in the case of the monitor and months in the case of the keyboard, they both have stopped working. The power part of the monitor ceased to function last week, and the control, escape, number 5, f8 keys don't work anymore. So, I'd like advice on inexpensive but well-