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    Availability of alternate keyboard for MBP?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Edbert, May 2, 2008.

  1. Edbert

    Edbert Notebook Enthusiast

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    After just two weeks of using the MBP-17 the only thing hurting me is the keyboard, and mainly the changed layeout of the "fn/ctrl/alt/cmd" keys. I've been using ctrl on the far left and alt on the far right for about twenty years on Windows/DOS/Linux, guess some habits are harder than others to break.

    Seems like it would be a good option Apple could sell...and alternate keyboard drop-in/plug-in. Such a thing exist?
     
    Edbert, May 2, 2008
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  2. blurb23

    blurb23 Notebook Consultant

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    There might be an app somewhere out there that switches the function of the keys to a new layout that you map.

    An external keyboard would do the trick as well.
     
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The only one that exists is a USB keyboard. There MIGHT be an option in the BIOS/EFI to specify this, or possibly even a setting in the keyboard driver.
     
    Greg, May 2, 2008
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