Wow, that looks completely unusable. I'd be pretty mad at Dell for foisting that on me, especially when they could cut down the size of that massive Enter key and move the backslash there where it's supposed to be.
That's got nothing to do with the "massive" Enter key, which is fine where it is - and as comfortable as it is. Dell laptops have always had a "standard" (i.e. Z under A) layout, and there is simply no reason why they should change it with this model; in fact, it must be some kind of gross mistake they have made.
The Enter key on UK keyboards is my biggest gripe. After 7.5 years, I still enter a hash then return a lot as my little finger tries to hit it (keyboards in NZ have a similar layout to US keyboards, where I'm from).# Who the fu
hansning...there's a lot of different countries with different languages in Europe... In the UK the layout is also QWERTY, with differences mostly in the symbols you get when you shift the number keys. I've never once encountered a UK keyboard that had a shifted Z row though, and I spent a fair bit of time using various keyboards at hospitals, a hostel, and internet cafes over a period of a few months.
I will say that it drove me nearly insane with the symbols though...the keyboards were so similar you'd usually forget that you have to hit different keys for the symbols.
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Wow, that looks completely unusable. I'd be pretty mad at Dell for foisting that on me, especially when they could cut down the size of that massive Enter key and move the backslash there where it's supposed to be.
Fortunately, Dell has a 30-day return policy for its Vostro line.
Dude, all UK keyboards have that Return key layout.
That's got nothing to do with the "massive" Enter key, which is fine where it is - and as comfortable as it is.
Dell laptops have always had a "standard" (i.e. Z under A) layout, and there is simply no reason why they should change it with this model; in fact, it must be some kind of gross mistake they have made.
The Enter key on UK keyboards is my biggest gripe. After 7.5 years, I still enter a hash then return a lot as my little finger tries to hit it (keyboards in NZ have a similar layout to US keyboards, where I'm from).#
Who the fu
doesn't europe use the "ASERTY" keyboard format instead of "QWERTY"?
@hansning
Wake up dude...
hansning...there's a lot of different countries with different languages in Europe...
In the UK the layout is also QWERTY, with differences mostly in the symbols you get when you shift the number keys.
I've never once encountered a UK keyboard that had a shifted Z row though, and I spent a fair bit of time using various keyboards at hospitals, a hostel, and internet cafes over a period of a few months.
I will say that it drove me nearly insane with the symbols though...the keyboards were so similar you'd usually forget that you have to hit different keys for the symbols.