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by aroch 4311 days ago
You don't have to own a Mac to own an Apple keyboard - they're compatible with Windows, OSX and many flavors of nix
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The link has nothing to do with the physical hardware. It's an application that shares the keyboard connected to a Macintosh out over Bluetooth.

That's hardly a replacement for a portable keyboard.

>> You don't have to own a Mac to own an Apple keyboard - they're compatible with Windows, OSX and many flavors of nix

On the surface, that's true, but there can be little annoyances related to function key behavior, etc. on non-Mac OSes. Apple provides a Windows driver, but they don't appear to offer the keyboard configurator in Boot Camp to non-Mac owners.

Maybe I am just confused then. The link you provided is to an app available on the Mac App Store.

EDIT: dialed down the snark

1. It's not my link

2. Running OSX on standard hardware, Apple OEM or not, is not very hard...

>Running OSX on standard hardware, Apple OEM or not, is not very hard...

So... instead of just buying a portable bluetooth keyboard I need to build a hackintosh? Oh okay.

The Apple fans here never cease to amuse me with their asinine suggestions.

1. I never said it was yours, I said you provided it.

2. I am not a non-OSX user because I can't afford to buy a Mac. I am a non-OSX user because I don't like OSX.

I didn't provide the link...Try reading usernames
Ah, my mistake.
But the app only runs on OSX.