| Pretty Sweet even though the mouse needs to warm up each time. |
| I really like the keys on this keyboard. I have never paid a great deal of money for a keyboard before ($63) but this is definitely superior to my cheap keyboard. There is no problem recognizing keystrokes from this cordless keyboard but the mouse needs to be on the same surface as the keyboard to work and is not recognized immediately when the pc is turned on.
| | Within six weeks the 'r' stopped working on the keyboard and then I just used the mouse with a wired keyboard and the mouse gave out a week later. The mouse going to sleep is extremely annoying.
| | Mac users: Software not yet available |
| I love the concept, the features, the size, the wireless-but-not-bluetooth, etc.
However, as a special note to Mac users, Kensington got a little ahead of themselves. Although Kensington claim Mac support, they have yet to release a new version of Kensington Keyboard and Mouseworks that supports this set. In the meantime, it'll work moderately well as a basic keyboard and mouse.
| | Bought this a months ago for my desktop PC, and here are a few opinions so far. I like that this set is slim, light, and wireless, so it can be easily tucked away. It is a bonus that it is also quite an attractive design. The wireless keyboard and mouse worked right off the bat, even during an initial installation of XP (because obviously you need a keyboard for Windows setup). Even so, on startup XP looked for additional drivers (for "HID compliant keyboard" and mouse) but could not find them, nor does Kensington provide drivers for this. I installed some generic Kensington drivers I found online (probably for a different product) just to get rid of the "New hardware found" dialog on startup, however they both work fine without additional drivers.
The keyboard is almost exactly the kind you would find on a decent-sized laptop computer, so if you like typing on laptops you'll have no problem. My major complaint is that instead of a Ctrl key in the bottom left corner, there is a non-functional (on a PC) Apple/command key. You have to re-train yourself to find the control key when typing, which is annoying if like me you have been typing on standard PC keyboards for many years. I have no complaints about the altered position of some of the other keys as laptop's also rearrange these somewhat--but the moving of the Ctrl key is a killer.
The mouse has one major annoying quirk. If you have a windows screensaver or sleep mode, you have to click the mouse to wake the computer up--you can't just move it around like you would a normal mouse. The mouse itself also sleeps if you don't use it for 10 minutes or so--and again, you have to click it to wake it up. That takes some getting used to, and is an extra thing to have to think about when you're stumbling out of bed to use your computer at 4 in the morning.
The final problem is that the mouse was initially very flakey in response (it would jump around, not register clicks, drag click with a single click, etc) until I moved the USB receiver to a hub on my desk (basically in line-of-sight with the mouse)--now it works fine like a mouse should, no problems at all since. Keep that in mind--you probably can't plug the receiver into the back of your computer and expect the mouse to work well. These quirks aren't necessarily deal-breakers, but they're enough to make you want to consider carefully whether you can live with them. I bought this set (with rebate) for $45, and I think it was a good deal, and have since gotten used to the quirks I mentioned.
| | Works well on a WinTel PC, if you keep it on the same desktop as the PC. Keep away from any other cordless/wireless/radios or both will be adversely effected.
The update software didn't make it fully functional for the Mac, but at least it sees it now.
Be sure to keep a LARGE supply of batteries. They go faster than free food at a family reunion.
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