I just got a wwireless keyboard and there is great benefit. Well, I use it with the xbmc puter but it sucked having to get up everytime I wanted to watc something else. Using the remote on my laptop was a waste! It was easier to get up and do it from the mouse. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Derek Trotter wrote: > I also don't see any benefit to having a wireless keyboard. I've seen my > sister deal with a wireless mouse on her computer. She was griping about > being in the middle of something when its battery would die, leaving her > without a mouse until she could go to town and buy a new battery. I > certainly wouldn't want that happening to the keyboard. > > Also I wonder. Do wireless keyboards encrypt data sent from them? I've > read accounts of people in apartments seeing the mouse cursor on the screen > appearing to act on its own when the computer was receiving a signal from > the neighbor's wireless mouse. I'm thinking a wireless keyboard is a > potential security risk. > > On 11/01/2013 08:06 AM, joe@actionline.com wrote: > >> Every wireless keyboard I've tried has had problems. >> And, I really see no benefit in wireless. >> So, I've picked up good keyboards that work fine for $1.00 at Goodwill ;) >> Logitech K120 works good for me. (except I despise the nuisance windows >> key) >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> > -- > "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I’m > not there, I carry on as usual." > > Patrick Moore > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss