I was looking to buy a US machine when I go on holiday to Miami, but was just interested in seeing the difference in keyboard layouts for the MacBook Pros.
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Doe anyone know where I can compare UK and US keyboards on the MacBook Pro?
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Balli said:
The US keyboard has words instead of the ISO symbols for the modifier keys (except the command key) and for tab, delete, return, shift, enter etc. It's also got a rectangular return key, the backslash is above it to the right, and the tilde/grave is to the left of the 1, which makes more sense for Photoshop shortcuts. It's missing a key you'll never use (§). I'm Australian but I worked in the UK for a while; the UK keyboards always bugged me, but you get used to whatever you grow up with.
Here's a pic. Can't find one of the UK layout right now.
http://developer.apple.com/document...okG4/3_Input-Output/chapter_4_section_12.html
It looks exactly the same on my MacBook (not pro) apart from 3 has the Pound (£) symbol in place of the hash (# - Hold Alt + 3 on UK keyboard).
I have to say, one of my HUGE gripes with this thing is the fact that the @ key resides on the 2 and the " key resides where the @ key should be - It's just wrong! If Apple stuck the Pound symbol on, why couldn’t they put the @ key in the UK place... I always push one meaning the other, its just etched so deep into my brain.
That and the annoying god-awful idol CPU sound.
I have to say, one of my HUGE gripes with this thing is the fact that the @ key resides on the 2 and the " key resides where the @ key should be - It's just wrong! If Apple stuck the Pound symbol on, why couldn’t they put the @ key in the UK place... I always push one meaning the other, its just etched so deep into my brain.
That and the annoying god-awful idol CPU sound.
codo said:
It took me sooooo long to get used to that but now I get frustrated with the UK layout.
Living between the UK and US, I was often asked which cultural differences were most notable.
The "@" is most notable.
The "@" is most notable.