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13-502: The first generation Apple Wireless Keyboard was released at the Apple Expo on September 16, 2003. It was based on the updated wired Apple Keyboard (codenamed A1048), and featured white plastic keys housed in a clear plastic shell. Unlike the wired keyboard, there are no USB ports to connect external devices. The bottom of the keyboard features space for four AA batteries and has an on/off switch. On August 7, 2007, Apple released

26-512: A Mac operating under Windows 7 when running Boot Camp , but may not work if the user selects the Boot Camp option of "Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys" Although Apple includes support solely for Macintosh computers, it can also be used on a Microsoft Windows PC providing that a Bluetooth receiver and appropriate Bluetooth stack is installed and properly configured. The Linux kernel supports Apple Wireless Keyboards via

39-609: A redesigned model of the Apple Wireless Keyboard. Like the wired Apple Keyboard , the new model is thinner than its predecessors and has an aluminum enclosure. Another addition was the new functions added to the function keys , such as media controls and Dashboard control. Unlike the previous version, the Wireless Keyboard now has a layout similar to the MacBook . The power button has been relocated to

52-759: The Apple Expo. Below there is a time line of all significant product announcements announced at the Apple Expo: Companies presented, including: MacExpo MacExpo London was a trade show dedicated to the Apple Macintosh and iPod which was held annually in London , United Kingdom at the Olympia Exhibition Centre from 2002 to 2007. It was a major part of Apple's calendar. In 2004, Macworld UK, part of

65-693: The French subsidiary employees slowly stopped being be part of the booth demo team. The last few years showed that the event was slowly turning into an iPod expo, more than a Mac one. Year after year, Apple stopped releasing new products during this event, removing much of its booth investments, and limited the amount of available new products on show. The last issue was a Reed Expositions-only event, without even an Apple booth. There were other similar events held in Europe, like MacExpo in London, but with no link with

78-592: The IDG UK division of IDG, created two Macworld Conference events on its own: one standalone conference, and one conference adjoining the MacExpo trade show in London. In 2005, the show attracted 25,000 visitors and 185 exhibitors. Many large corporations attended the show including Microsoft , Adobe Systems , Quark, Inc. and others. Apple Inc. also attended each year with a large booth. MacExpo included product demonstrations , special offers, speeches and more. Unlike

91-568: The hid-apple module, which is present in 2.6.x+ kernels. Apple Expo The Apple Expo was a European annual sales conference and technology exposition held by Apple Inc. The conference featured over 250 exhibitors annually, with Apple being its main exhibitor. This conference was most often viewed as the European counterpart to MacWorld Expo , a similar conference that was held annually in San Francisco. The Apple Expo event

104-404: The initial release. The new model now uses only two AA batteries instead of three originally. Additionally, Mac OS X 10.5.8 is now the minimum OS over the original Mac OS X 10.4.10 . This model of keyboard became standard with new generation of iMacs introduced on the same day. On July 20, 2011, following the release of Mac OS X 10.7 /OS X Lion, Apple updated the keyboard slightly, updating

117-656: The label on the Exposé key to Mission Control and changing the Dashboard key to a Launchpad key. Keyboard layouts with a rectangular Enter key are available in American English and Korean. Keyboard layouts with L-shaped Enter keys are available in: Due to the missing keys for Windows PCs (such as the PrintScreen Key), Apple has made keyboard mappings . Note. These keyboard mappings will work on

130-819: The larger and more influential MacWorld Conference & Expo held annually in January in California , then-CEO Steve Jobs did not attend MacExpo for keynote speeches; However, MacExpo remained the largest annual event for the Macintosh and related Apple products in many countries in Europe . In 2011, the IT retail industry site PCR announced that it would run a conference called AppleExpo in May 2012 at Earls Court Exhibition Centre , London. This Macintosh-related article

143-471: The right side of the keyboard, and the layout does not include a numeric keypad. This model added accidental caps lock prevention: the key has to be held down for a moment for the caps lock to engage. This keyboard required only three AA batteries, one fewer than its predecessor. In October 2009, a slightly revised third model was released. New model number A1314 replaced the A1255, two years and two months after

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156-459: The small (100 people) Apple France subsidiary, a team was even created (with Adeline Domenjoz) to set up this event. Due to the growing size of the event, Reed OIP was contracted for show management. Around the year 2000, the Apple corporation took the ownership of the Apple Expo organisation, and Steve Jobs included this recurring date in his possible events list. With this new corporate management,

169-636: Was originally invented and held in France around 1984 by the employees of the French Apple distributor Seedrin Sarl, and its manager Jean-Louis Gassée . All the employees of this small distributor were each time involved in participating for this annual show, where several third-party software and hardware distributors would also have their booth. Apple Seedrin (which turned to Apple France) continued for decades to organise this event every mid September. Within

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