That's way worse than removing the escape key.
Yes, for some reason (tradition, history) Macs prefer typewriter layouts on their keyboards. But... have you ever even tried looking into System Preferences - Keyboard - Input Sources and changing the layout to "US (PC)"?
I have my keyboard set to UK ISO so the keys don't match what is printed. I don't understand why you don't see that a company that sells laptops with proprietary keyboard layouts is bad.
As a person who has had laptops and keyboards with layouts in Russian, Turkish, Romanian and Swedish, and who uses US layout almost exclusively, I honestly have zero idea what your problem is.
Except Apple who's keyboard is drastically different to literally everyone else's.
Why do they bother with such a poor layout if they are supposed to be such consumer centric?
Note: removing # in favor of £ is apparently standard for UK keyboards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_and_American_keyboards...
We do put the £ where Americans put #, but we don't remove it from the keyboard.
2 differences? Read your link.
Back tick is in the wrong place, hash as already discussed is in the wrong place, forward slash is in the wrong place, double quote is in the wrong place, @ is in the wrong place.
This isn't about Super being switched with Alt.
Apple doesn't remove it either.
> 2 differences? Read your link.
Windows:
- the extra key is added next to the Enter key to accommodate # (number sign) and ~ (tilde)
- The £ (pound sign) takes the place vacated by the number sign on the 3 key
- @ and " are swapped (to ⇧ Shift+' and ⇧ Shift+2, respectively)
- (the list goes on for another 4 or 5 items)
Apple (emphasis mine):
- The # symbol is replaced by the £ symbol (as on PC keyboards); the # is available by pressing ⌥ Option+3
- The " and @ keys are swapped.
- More recent Apple British keyboards move the backquote/~ key to the left of the Z key and replace it with a section sign (§) and a plus-minus sign (±), respectively.
And that's it.
Well. It's three differences compared to US layout, two of them are basically exactly the same as PC versions.
> Back tick is in the wrong place, hash as already discussed is in the wrong place, forward slash is in the wrong place, double quote is in the wrong place, @ is in the wrong place.
Apart from back tick the rest are consistent with PC layout.
Appreciate that may be off if you're trying to adopt but I'm so used to this layout after many, many years. I'm using a 2007 iMac keyboard and it matches exactly to my 2019 16".
For example, the alt 3 for hash is so naturally embedded I reach for it when using windows machines. I have to do weird rebinds on my windows setup to match the layout because it's so embedded. I think macs have had the same keyboard layout for 15 years or so at this point.
If they suddenly changed the keyboard layout I and many other long time users would be absolutely infuriated. This is just the correct keyboard layout for me.
If you are American.
In the UK, I find the keyboard layout bewildering. It is not ANSI and it isn't ISO. It's some other thing, with keys that don't exist in any other English speaking keyboard. They even hide # behind a special alt key combo.
Other things about it are good, but there are some design decisions which are just plain wrong.
[Edit] I received downvotes, so as someone who uses a UK Macbook Pro I just have to reference this because they layout pisses me off.
Here is an Apple link to prove that this is real.
https://store.storeimages.cdn-apple.com/4668/as-images.apple...
In the UK ISO layout, the `~#` key is normally where the `|\` key is on the Apple keyboard, and the backtick which is down by the Z is to the left of the 1. We get range and paragraph next to the 1, which is horrible.
The thing that makes me concerned about the build of this 2019 i7 Macbook Pro is that is is always extremely hot. I'm only running one 4k screen off it but it is regularly running with fans on. I've had Macs in the past, and they haven't been quite as noisy as this. I'm sure its mostly due to crappy Intel hardware which is why they are being dumped, but this is a Mac and I can only judge them on what they sell.