New Apple Keyboard not compatible??

I was looking to purchase a new Apple Keyboard (wired) for a G4 Powerbook but the system requirements say the machine must have OS 10.5 or higher. Is this true? The Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad only requires 10.4.
I wouldn't have thought that a keyboard would not be compatible with a G4.
Marion

You can go to the System Preferences --> Keyboard and Mouse and check "Use F1, F2 etc keys..." and F7 and F8 will work.
But I don't know where the function key is on those new keyboards.

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just bought a new apple keyboard - wired full keyboard - The Funtion keys will not respond as marked.
for example, the f12 key, marked Volume up, brings up my dashboard.
The only function keys that I can change are f1 and f2.
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It's a USB keyboard it should be fine. I have a similar model that works on 10.5.
If it doesn't work you can almost certainly return it (local sales laws apply, so check those).
You could also go to an Apple Store (or any other PC store) & ask them if it could work & ask if it doesn't work can it be returned?
You can search Ebay or Amazon etc for a keyboard that says it supports 10.4, however since that OS is also 10 years old not many manufactures are willing to test an ancient OS that not many people use anymore.
Another option is to find a second hand keyboard from the same era of Mac. Frankly that would be 'icky if it has been used.
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Hello - thank you for the quick responses! To answer your question, yes, I have repaired my permissions and restarted, to no avail.
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I might try and take a video later today to show you what I mean. The caps lock key is the biggest thing that's bothering me - I use it instead of shift to type, and 75% of the type it does not activate when pressed...I would think this was just one bogus keyboard if it weren't for the fact that I already exchanged it once...

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my old keyboard had some keys that lost their function, so I bought a new one yesterday.
I was wondering whether there is any update on getting the new Apple keyboard working properly on 10.5.8. The volume keys do not work and I couldn't figure out how to program them either.
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I wasn't sure which forum to post this in as I couldn't find a one dedicated to the Apple peripherals.
I recently bought one of the new Apple keyboards. My experience with it hasn't been good.
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no, you call Apple with the complaint,
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I am not able to use the Dashboard and Exposé buttons on the new Apple Keyboard. I cannot assign them in the preferences nor were they set up initially. I have installed the latest keyboard update (Version 1.1) but it still does not work.
My Setup: An ACD 20" is attached to the PowerBook. The lid is closed.

Alright! I finally got my NEW aluminum keyboard from my local Apple Store (I made sure to call in before going... not that it's a journey to get there, but don't want to waste time if they don't have it) and just installed it with my PowerMac G4 Dual FW 800 model.
I'm typing on it right now instead of my PowerBook.
ALL functions are working for me. What I did was to install the keyboard FIRST by plugging it in to the computer's USB port.
Then I went to Apple's download/support site to get the keyboard update software 1.1...
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/apple/firmware_hardware/keyboardsoftwareup date11.html
...and then restarted my PowerMac. Voila! (It didn't work. It was connected to a USB 2.0 PCI card, so I unplugged it from there to the built-in USB 1.1 port on the PowerMac and then it worked. I put it back to the USB 2.0 card's ports and it worked after that).
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So, I'm sorry that you're all having problems. I'd connect it to my PowerBook, but because I'm a very meticulous and exacting person, I don't want to disconnect anything because I have it setup where the wires are hidden and it's all perfect right now.
But as I said in an earlier posting, when I went down to my Apple Store and tried the new keyboards out that were connected to the NEW iMacs, those keyboard functions didn't work!! Irony, huh?
Mine purrs like a Leopard... aha!!
(I love the quiet sound and less exacting pressure needed to type as opposed to my previous black Apple Pro Keyboard. I would never have bought this new flat aluminum keyboard if it didn't match my Envision silver monitors).
By the way, I have a Mighty Mouse (wired version) connected to it too. And yes, the aluminum keyboard I bought was the wired version as well.
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$49 well spent!! I don't like the wireless version. Looks kind of odd shaped with the extra space on top (for the batteries). They didn't have those in stock anyway.
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I don't even want to fool around with system prefs now, since maybe that's what causes the problem (no proof there from me) when you try and tweak or customize your settings.

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The new Apple Keyboard, sans number pad, is a great idea that I've been waiting for for almost 20 years. However, when I recommended it to a client (with a PowerBook G4 running 10.4.11), he came back and pointed out that it requires "Mac OS X v10.5.6 or later". Huh? It's just a keyboard, with a USB cable. Of course, it has the new set of F keys on the top row, but so do the Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad, which requires 10.4.1 (? - that's what the Apple Store page says, though I suspect it's a typo for 10.4.10) and the Apple Wireless Keyboard, which requires 10.4.10.
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J

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http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=55482
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