For many years I was an equal macOS and Windows user, until Apple decided to completely forget about Intel processors and rely solely on its own M line of ARM processors. Thanks to Boot Camp, I was able to boot the Mac with Windows or macOS, depending on my needs at the time, using, in both cases, the official Apple keyboard and mouse.
Using both the Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse was possible thanks to commands installed via Boot Camp. However, outside of the Apple ecosystem they can also be used without any problem, since we can connect them through Bluetooth technology, a non-Apple proprietary technology as is the case with AirPlay, AirDrop and others.
However, although they work without problems and the autonomy of both devices is practically the same, I personally do not recommend them for several reasons which I detail below.
¿Magic Keyboard and Magic Mouse with Windows? No thanks
Obviously, I’m talking about the reasons that led me to put the Apple keyboard and mouse in a drawer, once my Mac stopped receiving official support in the form of updates. The first is linked to travel key. The Magic Keyboard seems to be designed for laptops because it has very short key travel, similar or even smaller than most laptops, so on many occasions I’m not sure if I pressed a key if I don’t look. the screen.
Another problem with the Apple keyboard is the position of the keys. Although it is true that it uses the QWERTY distribution, for letter position, as with the Ctrl, Alt and Windows keys, things change a lot. The Win key on macOS is called Command, a key located just to the left of the space bar.
In Windows, the Win key is located between the Ctrl and Alt keys, with the latter located just to the right of the space bar. macOS allows you to change how these keys work when we use keyboards designed for Windows, however, we do not have this option in Windows unless we use an application to remap the keys.
On the right side of the taskbar we find the same problem, since the first key found is Command (the Windows equivalent) followed by the Option key (equivalent to Alt). We don’t have a Ctrl key on the right side of the spacebar.
If we talk about mice, we find an even bigger problem, since, as the Magic Mouse only offers us 2 keys, Does not include a wheel to move on a web page or document. This function is accessed by sliding your finger across the exterior surface of the mouse, a very unintuitive function.
Just as it lacks a scroll wheel, it doesn’t include one either. additional button which allows us to configure it to perform a specific action without having to use the keyboard. As with the keyboard, the mouse click path is so small that we barely notice it when we press both the right and left buttons.
But the negative points do not stop there, while the first generation Magic Mouse worked with batteries, the second generation incorporates a battery whose charging port is located at the bottom, so you cannot use it while ‘she’s in charge.
