UK to US keyboard replacement consequences

[ChrisRChamberlain]

Hi all

Been given a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop in good working order excepting for the 7/& key is missing.

As there are many more US keyboards available than UK, I wondered what happens when you replace a UK keyboard with a US keyboard and don't change the locale?

IOW, are there any gotchas?

TIA

FAQ184-2483​

Chris
PDFcommander.com
motrac.co.uk

 

[Sympology]

You'll find the keys don't match, i.e shift and two is @ not " and several others

Robert Wilensky:
We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.

 

[Sympology]

Sorry, clear that up the key will be marked two key will be marked @ but will produce "

Robert Wilensky:
We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

Sympology

Thanks for your reply.

Instinct would say that's the " key so one could live with that.

...and several others

Care to elaborate?

FAQ184-2483​

Chris
PDFcommander.com
motrac.co.uk

 

[FI0L]

The diagrams on

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards

should help you.

Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.

 

[Sympology]

Aside:
Any wiki editors here?

The big "Enter" key on the UK keyboard is a "Carriage Return" key and (very rarely) can be used differently than the "Enter" key, found on the numeric pad.

Picky, but correct.

Robert Wilensky:
We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

Thanks to all for your replies.

Have decided to wait for a suitable UK keyboard to appear on eBay and then purchase it.

FAQ184-2483​

Chris
PDFcommander.com
motrac.co.uk