They feel the same when you type, the distance between keys is the same, the Apple-specific function controls are the same. The Magic Keyboard and the Magic Keyboard with Numerical Keypad are alike in many ways. However, if you don’t work a lot with numbers, there’s little benefit of the 10-key pad.
If you do a lot of number crunching, the numeric keys are time savers. If you tend to use keyboard shortcuts a lot, or if you code, the additional control keys are great.
There are also dedicated control keys for Home, End, page up, page down, and delete, which are very similar to the key combo on Windows-based keyboards. The Magic Keyboard with Numerical Keypad boasts 19 F keys, plus full-size up, down, left, and right arrow keys. You access other features by using the Option or Command keys. The standard Magic Keyboard has 12 F keys. The full-size Magic Keyboard with Numerical Keypad is bigger than the standard Magic Keyboard by 5.5 inches due to the additional set of numbers and function keys. Apple isn’t offering a space grey keyboard without the keypad, so you’ll have to decide if the extra features are worth the extra desktop real estate. The question mark among the space grey accessories is the Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad. The latter two are great choices for anyone who (like me) prefers space gray over silver (which is why I hope we’ll get a space grey “nob-pro” version of the iMac later this year). The space gray Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad is available for $149, the space gray Apple Magic Mouse is $99, and the Magic Trackpad. They look fantastic, but all of them aren’t for everyone. This is not always very obvious though because the Mouse Keys feature is intended to be precise and allow for fine manipulation of onscreen elements, thus you should always check for the setting when troubleshooting the matter.Last week Apple made its space grey accessories for the iMac Pro available to everyone. The most obvious indicator that Mouse Keys is the reason the numeric keypad is not working is that when you type a number, the mouse cursor moves very slightly, thus if you try to type a bunch of numbers the mouse cursor on screen may seem to jiggle around a bit in a small area.
However, you can achieve the same function by hitting the CLEAR button on the numeric keyboard. There isn’t a dedicated Num Lock key on the Apple Wired Keyboards, and that applies to many of the third party USB keyboards built for Macs too. Where is the “Num Lock” Key on a Mac Keyboard?