They will, however, send a replacement set if you're still within the warranty period of your purchase. DO NOT LOSE THIS DONGLE! If the dongle is lost or damaged, you cannot get a replacement - your only option is to buy an entire new set! I spoke to MS about this and they say that's for 'security'. Rather than going with Bluetooth - which would have been available on all modern computers - they've bundled their own proprietary wireless dongle. With this keyboard, you have to flick a switch, hit the key, and then remember to flick it back.

So F5 refreshes the screen, and Function+F5 launches a search window. By using a dedicated function key, you can switch their use. On most keyboards, the function keys do double-duty as media keys. The numberpad had moved to its own, separate unit - so there's a weird cluster of positioning keys - home, end, arrows, etc.Īs you can see above, the calculator key is present - which is useful. The layout is fairly traditional for the main part and should be easy enough to get used to. The riser is removable - it clips on with magnets - if you prefer a regular incline. While I would have preferred it to have been a bit steeper - it keeps the heft of the unit down, so it's slim enough to fit in a normal laptop bag. It's relatively slim - about the width of a MacBook Pro. They keys don't have a lot of travel - it's more like a laptop that a traditional keyboard - but it's responsive and light. The split and rise of the unit is a delight. It's close to perfect! I'm comparing this to my venerable Microsoft 4000 keyboard. Let's start with how the keyboard is to type on. So, time to try the inelegantly named ' Sculpt Ergonomic Desktop' - a wireless keyboard with separate number-pad and mouse. It's far to big and bulky for a laptop bag - and life's too short to type on a non-ergonomic keyboard. It's a chunky-monkey that's really only suitable for leaving in a fixed location. It has some drawbacks, sure, no USB ports, weird function keys, no backlight - but the real problem with it is its heft.

it's one of the best pieces of hardware developed by Redmond.

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