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Re:Ultrabook: Intel's $300 million plan to beat Apple at its... by jvdongen on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @08:25AM (#2965253)
... currently typing on a MBP with a clearly visible #, @, \ and | all reachable by merely using shift.

Is this only an issue with a US keyboard layout perhaps (I've a Dutch layout)?

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Re:Ultrabook: Intel's $300 million plan to beat Apple at its... by splidge on Tuesday September 06, 2011 @08:57AM (#2965362)
It's an issue on UK keyboards.

UK keyboards on PCs have a dedicated key for #/~, " is shift-2 and @ is shift-'. £ (currency symbol) is shift-3.

On a Mac the " and @ are the wrong way round (shift-' and shift-2 respectively), and the key that should produce # instead generates \. The only way to get a # is option-3, which is not marked on the keys. The Mac "UK" layout is basically the US layout with £/# reversed.

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