Options for Using The BulletTrain eXpress Keyboard Platform with a Windows PC

Options for Using 

The BulletTrain eXpress Keyboard Platform

With a Windows PC

A customer wrote in recently and asked if the BulletTrain Keyboard Platform worked with a PC running Windows. They asked:

"I have one of your products for Mac keyboard and trackpad which I love. However I may have to go and work in an office with PCs and don't want to do myself damage with a desk-based keyboard and click-mouse. Is there any way to adapt one of these for PC? Do you make one for PC - or know how I might get one?"

The short answer is 'Yes', and here are some things to consider:

Basic PC Compatibility

Since the Apple Magic Trackpad 2 and Magic Keyboard are Bluetooth you can use them with a PC. Just pair them using Bluetooth and they will work. The only drawback with this approach is that it would lack the gesture features that allow you to useful things like scroll with two fingers to go up and down a page as well as using gestures to swipe back and forth in a browser window.

Boot Camp Compatibility

From what I understand if you run the Mac OS on an Intel based Mac using the available Apple Boot Camp drivers, everything should work like a Mac.

Install Apple Magic Trackpad

with Windows Precision Drivers

I discovered a few videos that offer insight on how to use Windows Precision Drivers to get the Apple Trackpad gestures to work perfectly and you can learn more in the following video.

Paid Drivers

There is a company named Magic Utilities that offers a product named Magic Trackpad Utilities. The only drawback is that they charge a yearly subscription fee to use their product, but as you see in the image below it looks well designed and easy to use. Since it is Software As a Service the developer it incentives to keep it up to date. Also, they offer a free fully functional 28 day trial and they offer two versions which support Windows 7+8 & 10.

ChromeBook Compatibility

The video below shows how to use the Magic Trackpad 2 with a Chromebook including all the gestures:

iPad Compatibility

I wrote an article about how the BulletTrain eXpress Keyboard Platform is now 100% compatible with all iPads. You can learn much more by checking out my article about how the Apple Magic Trackpad 2 is now 100% compatible with Apple iPads iOS.