Small Keyboard/Touchpad for a Server
I was looking for a replacement keyboard/mouse for my server recently. I was looking for something small, no numeric keypad and with a built-in touchpad. I went to see the good folks at MicroBytes LaSalle and saw the Adesso AKB-410US USB keyboard/touchpad. I plugged the keyboard on my Windows 2003 Server 64bits box and it worked as is without installing any device drivers.
The keyboard being this small, there are a few drawbacks. The Ctrl key is placed to the left of the Function key so I tend to hit the Function key when I want to hit Ctrl. The Delete key is also placed right to the left of the Left Arrow and I tend to hit it often.
I also tried to disable the "tap" function of the touchpad by installing the drivers available from the Adesso Website but they fail to recognize the touchpad; maybe because I'm using a 64bits OS.
Beside that, this is a cool little device that doesn't take much real estate.