Macbook Pro keyboard layout
Discussion
I fancied a change from PCs and bought a Macbook Pro for my day to day computing needs and have to say I'm loving it and the transition was far easier than expected however there is one niggle that I can't find a solution to and I'm hoping someone can help.
It's a genuine British sourced Macbook and the keyboard language it set to British but the "at" (@) sign is on the "2" key as opposed to being on the " ' " key where it is on virtually all keyboards in this country. Quote marks are normally on the 2 key.
To be fair this is how it's represented on the keys themselves so it's not a fault but is there any way to switch them over so it acts like a "normal" keyboard or is this one of those infamous Mac quirks you just have to live with?
Cheers
It's a genuine British sourced Macbook and the keyboard language it set to British but the "at" (@) sign is on the "2" key as opposed to being on the " ' " key where it is on virtually all keyboards in this country. Quote marks are normally on the 2 key.
To be fair this is how it's represented on the keys themselves so it's not a fault but is there any way to switch them over so it acts like a "normal" keyboard or is this one of those infamous Mac quirks you just have to live with?
Cheers
LordGrover said:
the US/Mac way is more logical. The ' & " are on the same key as is 2 & @.
Is it more logical or is that an apple fan saying it is because its apples way?If apple had the @ key on the ' key, and windows has the @ key on the " would you still say it was more logical?
or if apple did start shipping machines with the UK style keyboard would you still say its logical?
Kind of like the Apple fans saying the screen size of the previous iPhones screen was perfect and they didn't want bigger screens. now the same people are raving about the 6 with its bigger screen.
AJB88 said:
Kind of like the Apple fans saying the screen size of the previous iPhones screen was perfect and they didn't want bigger screens. now the same people are raving about the 6 with its bigger screen.
No, they're not. You've just invented that in your head because you irrationally hate something.Have Win7, 8 and a Macbook at home. Despite it's foibles me and more telling the Mrs use the Macbook as the primary device, I think just because of that screen.
The one thing I miss when I'm using a Windows laptop is the 2 finger scroll. I do it several times a day and then have to "adjust" my behaviour for Windows.
The one thing I miss when I'm using a Windows laptop is the 2 finger scroll. I do it several times a day and then have to "adjust" my behaviour for Windows.
The Restorer said:
Have Win7, 8 and a Macbook at home. Despite it's foibles me and more telling the Mrs use the Macbook as the primary device, I think just because of that screen.
The one thing I miss when I'm using a Windows laptop is the 2 finger scroll. I do it several times a day and then have to "adjust" my behaviour for Windows.
You can get plugins that can do that. My Dell laptop does it.The one thing I miss when I'm using a Windows laptop is the 2 finger scroll. I do it several times a day and then have to "adjust" my behaviour for Windows.
The Restorer said:
Have Win7, 8 and a Macbook at home. Despite it's foibles me and more telling the Mrs use the Macbook as the primary device, I think just because of that screen.
The one thing I miss when I'm using a Windows laptop is the 2 finger scroll. I do it several times a day and then have to "adjust" my behaviour for Windows.
I know what you mean about the screen - I was going to plug the Macbook into my 24" monitor except when I did, it looked awful in comparison, all washed out and "low res" - I now use the laptop screen exclusivelyThe one thing I miss when I'm using a Windows laptop is the 2 finger scroll. I do it several times a day and then have to "adjust" my behaviour for Windows.
HereBeMonsters said:
The Restorer said:
Have Win7, 8 and a Macbook at home. Despite it's foibles me and more telling the Mrs use the Macbook as the primary device, I think just because of that screen.
The one thing I miss when I'm using a Windows laptop is the 2 finger scroll. I do it several times a day and then have to "adjust" my behaviour for Windows.
You can get plugins that can do that. My Dell laptop does it.The one thing I miss when I'm using a Windows laptop is the 2 finger scroll. I do it several times a day and then have to "adjust" my behaviour for Windows.
Must admit it works better on my MBP though. And I miss the other "gestures" available on my MBP too, such as four fingers up to display all open windows.
That said, Win7 more than makes up for it with Windows Key + Left/Right/Up/Down for window positioning - fantastic to use with multiple screens and a bit of an omission in OSX if you ask me, where everything has to be dragged about.
Just IMO, obviously.
ccr32 said:
As does my work HP one.
Must admit it works better on my MBP though. And I miss the other "gestures" available on my MBP too, such as four fingers up to display all open windows.
That said, Win7 more than makes up for it with Windows Key + Left/Right/Up/Down for window positioning - fantastic to use with multiple screens and a bit of an omission in OSX if you ask me, where everything has to be dragged about.
Just IMO, obviously.
Interesting. Work is a HP laptop. Got it working now but needs fingers to be spread out a little more. Must admit it works better on my MBP though. And I miss the other "gestures" available on my MBP too, such as four fingers up to display all open windows.
That said, Win7 more than makes up for it with Windows Key + Left/Right/Up/Down for window positioning - fantastic to use with multiple screens and a bit of an omission in OSX if you ask me, where everything has to be dragged about.
Just IMO, obviously.
SlidingSideways said:
If you use the keyboard a lot (which as a programmer, I do) then swapping between keyboard layouts is a real PITA.
I ended up buying an Apple keyboard to use with my (Windows) work machine in the end as it was the only way I found that would really solve it.
I use an Apple keyboard on my Win7 PC, but can't get the @ and " to map properly.I ended up buying an Apple keyboard to use with my (Windows) work machine in the end as it was the only way I found that would really solve it.
HereBeMonsters said:
SlidingSideways said:
If you use the keyboard a lot (which as a programmer, I do) then swapping between keyboard layouts is a real PITA.
I ended up buying an Apple keyboard to use with my (Windows) work machine in the end as it was the only way I found that would really solve it.
I use an Apple keyboard on my Win7 PC, but can't get the @ and " to map properly.I ended up buying an Apple keyboard to use with my (Windows) work machine in the end as it was the only way I found that would really solve it.
HereBeMonsters said:
I use an Apple keyboard on my Win7 PC, but can't get the @ and " to map properly.
Mines the Bluetooth one, so I had to install the windows drivers shipped with bootcamp to get it to connect up properly. It gives me a keyboard layout of "United Kingdom (Apple)" in the language option on the start menu which seems to work correctly.onlynik said:
HereBeMonsters said:
SlidingSideways said:
If you use the keyboard a lot (which as a programmer, I do) then swapping between keyboard layouts is a real PITA.
I ended up buying an Apple keyboard to use with my (Windows) work machine in the end as it was the only way I found that would really solve it.
I use an Apple keyboard on my Win7 PC, but can't get the @ and " to map properly.I ended up buying an Apple keyboard to use with my (Windows) work machine in the end as it was the only way I found that would really solve it.
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