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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Zorque @ May 1st 2008 5:34AM
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.
rdude @ May 1st 2008 6:08AM
Fortunately, Dell has a 30-day return policy for its Vostro line.
Josh* @ May 1st 2008 7:02AM
Dude, all UK keyboards have that Return key layout.
giuliop @ May 1st 2008 7:03AM
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.
Tony @ May 1st 2008 9:05AM
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 @ May 1st 2008 10:08AM
doesn't europe use the "ASERTY" keyboard format instead of "QWERTY"?
Technex @ May 1st 2008 1:43PM
@hansning
Wake up dude...
tekdemon @ May 1st 2008 5:51PM
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.