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    RickJ Posts: 7,762, Reputation: 864
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    May 7, 2007, 04:09 AM
    Keyboard CONTROL button location
    For umpteen years I've used the Control button in the lower left corner. Every keyboard I've known has had it there.

    Now I have a laptop where the "Fn" button is there... drives me nuts! I keep hitting Fn when I mean to hit Control.

    ... and there'll be no getting used to it as my other 2 well-used computers have CONTROL in the lower left.

    What's up with this?

    ... just venting a bit.

    Why oh why would a big manufacturer do something as crazy as relocating a key whose location has pretty much become an industry standard?

    Isn't that like putting the brake pedal on the right in a vehicle?
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    May 7, 2007, 04:17 AM
    Hehehehe welcome to the HP/Compaq Club.
    I have no idea why they have chosen to switch these buttons over, but you soon get used to it ;)
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    May 7, 2007, 04:20 AM
    We'll have to add Gateway to the list too.
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    May 7, 2007, 04:28 AM
    Add IBM Thinkpads too. :(

    Also no Windows key.
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    May 7, 2007, 04:32 AM
    Misery loves company :) Glad to know I'm not alone. Seems crazy to me to change something that has become a standard.
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