HMiller Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 I thought a couple comments might be useful for people like myself. Say you now have a working hack and are starting to be a true believer. Sure, Alt and Command are the same key, but man that new keyboard is cool. Having taken the plunge of buying apple peripherals, do they work with a hack and are they any good? Apple Aluminum Keyboard: Works fine with a hack. Volume keys, optical drive eject key, etc. Keyboard is satisfying to fondle, just like an iPod. Typing is good for a low action keyboard, still deciding if I sort of like or could grow to really like. Seems better for writing a letter than working the special character keys (duh). Mighty Mouse: Scroll ball is awesome, the level of refinement is way beyond any other mouse--I am still trying the MM just because of it. Clicking the whole mouse body and it "knows" left and right is just disturbing and not 100% accurate compared to a mouse with separate buttons. Left clicking and feeling the whole mouse body move down is really something...something bad mostly, but I am giving it a chance. The side "buttons" have some kind of "force sensors" which are total {censored}--on my hack they would just activate even if not touched, once disabled they are no longer a threat to my computing. Purchase experience: Best Buy Dude: Can I help you? Me: Do you have that new Mac aluminum keyboard? BBD: Oh you're a Mac user? They are easy to use aren't they? That makes them really nice. Me: I like that its BSD Unix with the Mach kernel from NeXT, the GUI is fine. BBD: Um, here's the keyboard. ...various chit chat BBD: I would get a Mac, but I like to be able to put together whatever hardware I want for my computer. Me: I understand that. BBD: Macs make you buy all your hardware from Apple. Me: Yeah, um, guess that's true. Thanks for the keyboard...oh, is that a Might Mouse? Anyway, wired keyboard and mighty mouse are working great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teknojunkie Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 yep same here I have the MM and alu keyboard too working great on my hackintosh, and in XP with the keyboard bootloader drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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