Has HP gone nuts?

[Erki]

I'm writing this on a HP laptop. Vista.

But Vista is not the biggest problem. Keyboard is. :\

I don't know what those HP engineers were thinking when they decided that the left hand Shift key needs to be the size of two keys and I don't need the key to type <, >, and | symbols.

Idiots. :\

[Azumanga Davo]

Dull day in Finland?

[ChrisS]

what keyboard layout do you use in finland? in the US and UK keyboards < and > are not next to the left shift. < is "shift ," and > is "shift ."

next to the left shift is \ and "shift \" is |

from what I saw from a friends HP however. HP doesn't have the \ button next to the left shift, they have it over the enter button

[Erki]

Yes, my keyboard looks just as you just described. But I use Estonian layout... otherwise I don't think öäüõ would be typable... The button just over the enter button is ' and * for me. It still seems that they have gone without that vital button...

[Daniel]

Everyone should use a US keyboard layout. I despise all other keyboards. I even made a point of buying a US keyboard for our new(ish) PC and I also have my UK keyboard here at work set to work as a US keyboard. Do that and all will be fine Erki

Other than that all I can suggest is Vista sucks and get a Mac

[Erki]

Everyone should use a US keyboard layout. I despise all other keyboards. I even made a point of buying a US keyboard for our new(ish) PC and I also have my UK keyboard here at work set to work as a US keyboard. Do that and all will be fine Erki

How the hell do I type things like "möla maha, anna mulle üks ämber õlut!" then?

Other than that all I can suggest is Vista sucks and get a Mac

One day, I'll do that.

[Erki]

and if < is shift+, and > is shift+. then how am I supposed to get ; and :? :\

[ChrisS]

Everyone should use a US keyboard layout. I despise all other keyboards. I even made a point of buying a US keyboard for our new(ish) PC and I also have my UK keyboard here at work set to work as a US keyboard. Do that and all will be fine Erki

I also prefer the US keyboard and use it on my computers.

In the UK keyboard I mostly hate the " as shift+2 and @ as shift+' when ever I try to sent an email using a UK keyboard I end up writing name"domain instead of name@domain and when I try to google something using quotes I end up writing @search term@

and if < is shift+, and > is shift+. then how am I supposed to get ; and :? :\

; is its own button and shift+; is :

[Alfa Fan]

Everyone should use a US keyboard layout. I despise all other keyboards. I even made a point of buying a US keyboard for our new(ish) PC and I also have my UK keyboard here at work set to work as a US keyboard. Do that and all will be fine Erki

Other than that all I can suggest is Vista sucks and get a Mac

Are you being serious? Or just taking the piss? Its so obvious why different countries have different keyboards.

[Daniel]

Are you being serious? Or just taking the piss? Its so obvious why different countries have different keyboards.

Of course I'm serious! This is a serious problem!