WTF?

Apple makes a wireless bluetooth keyboard without a numeric keypad,
and a USB keyboard *with* a numeric keypad, but not a wireless
keyboard with a numeric keypad.

Weird.

On 12/28/10, Bruce Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 1:24 PM, John Crawford <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> First off, the Best Buy salesman is just trying to make a sale.   Never
>> trust them to know everything about everything.   Not saying I know
>> anything
>> about this technology, but I'm really skeptical.
>>
>
> Yes. My impression is that even when USB can match Firewire speeds it is
> still limited in other ways. So the adapter will let you connect a USB drive
> to a Firewire port, but that's not the whole story. Most people wouldn't
> notice this, but for editing you'd be concerned more about consistant
> throughput and not having the connection degrade when chaining or hubbing
> devices together.
>
>
>> Second, assuming that she spent around $140 (the going rate of the 2tb
>> Seagate GoFlex drive at BestBuy) plus $20 for the adaptor, maybe she can
>> take it back, and then order something online.  Under $200 is a bit of a
>> stretch, but there are some options.
>>
>
> Last time I went shopping Best Buy had drives with both Firewire and USB
> ports, that were maybe $20 more. Don't know if you have more than one Best
> Buy near you, but you might shop around to see if any have one in stock.
>


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