Rick's Daily Tips

Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!

  • Home
  • Rick’s Bio
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Rick’s Tip Jar
  • Get My Tech Tips Newsletter
  • Contact Me
You are here: Home / Tech Questions & Answers / Q&A: Can I use a regular USB keyboard with my Surface RT?

Q&A: Can I use a regular USB keyboard with my Surface RT?

Posted on January 21, 2014

1k
SHARES
ShareTweetSubscribe

surface-rtQuestion from Hannah G.:  I have a Surface RTand I’ve been wanting to buy a keyboard for it, but they’re a little pricey. And they don’t look all that well made either.

I noticed today that the RT has a full size USB port. Can I just buy a cheap USB keyboard that’s made for a PC and plug it into it?

Rick’s answer:  Yes you can, Hannah. The USB port on the Surface RT (actually, on all Surface tablets) can be used to connect standard USB keyboards, mice, external hard drives, flash drives, printers…pretty much any USB device you can think of. If it’s compatible with Windows 8.1, it’ll work with your Surface RT.

The only real downside to connecting USB devices to a Surface tablet is there’s just one USB port. But if you buy a powered USB hub you’ll be able to connect multiple devices to your tablet with no problems whatsoever.


Do you have a tech question of your own for Rick? Click here and send it in!

1k
SHARES
ShareTweetSubscribe




Popular…

How do I ask you a tech question?


Step-by-step guide to completely ridding your PC of viruses and other malware


10 reasons why I recommend buying tech gear from Amazon


Advertise

Guest Post Guidelines

Want to ask me a tech question?

Handy Tech Resources

Privacy Policy

Computer Tips
Smartphone Tips
Blogging Tips

Tech Q & A
Reviews
Tech News

Write for RicksDailyTips.com

Scam alerts
Downloads

Copyright © 2023 RicksDailyTips.com

Affiliate Disclaimer


Rick's Daily Tips is hosted by InMotion Hosting. Click here to find out why.