satechi bluetooth wireless numeric keypad

There’s a reason for the size mismatch: the Satechi Keypad also functions as a standalone calculator, so it has a 12-digit LCD screen across the top along with two rows of dedicated calculator keys. After some searching, I purchased a Satechi Wireless Smart Keypad to make spreadsheets less of a drag. But my job requires me to spend an occasional shift in the Excel salt mines, and I find that to be a much more pleasant experience with a dedicated numeric keypad. Having a white USB cable running along the top of my desk to the back of my iMac would upset my delicate aesthetic sensibilities, so I’ve gone with the wireless keyboard/Magic Trackpad combo.

In a perfect world, Apple would offer a wireless keyboard with built-in numeric keypad, but if you want to exercise your mad 10-key skillz on an Apple keyboard, you’ll have to do it with wires. There’s one drawback, though: the lack of a numeric keypad. Me? I like how the Apple keyboard feels-I have the truncated Bluetooth model and I find it a pleasure to type on.

Senior Reviews Editor Lee Hutchinson finds the “crisp break of the spring” addictive. If you were to take a walk through the Ars Orbiting HQ, you would hear the click-clack of many a IBM Model M keyboard and its ilk.

Satechi bluetooth wireless numeric keypad