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    external keyboard for D630: bluetooth vs non-bluetooth

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by blackadder, Jan 4, 2008.

  1. blackadder

    blackadder Notebook Enthusiast

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    I am planning on getting a D630 with the advanced port replicator. I will be using an external keyboard when it is docked (and probably not much at other times). Since I have no experience with port replicators, I am hoping someone can give me some advice on whether I should get the bluetooth keyboard or the regular wireless keyboard. My limited understanding is that to use normal wireless keyboards you need to plug in a USB receiver, but with bluetooth you don't need any of that, so in that sense it is better. Is that right?

    What I would like to know also is will a bluetooth keyboard automatically connect when the computer is docked? Would it be easier to just have the other kind of wireless keyboard with the USB receiver plugged into the port replicator?

    hope that made sense and thanks for any help with this! :)
     
    blackadder, Jan 4, 2008
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