Some may curious how much would the giant laptop maker needs to spend in order to add the BIOS options by working with BIOS vendors such as AMI, Phoenix or respective vendors as compared to redesign the hardware keyboard layout. It seems to me that changing the keyboard button is much more simpler but nevertheless, the new option will definitely able to cater for all users including those that already get used to Lenovo keyboard as well as those that still prefer conventional keyboards. With only simple configuration in BIOS setup, users can choose whichever suit them especially when a same laptop is shared among multiple users that prefer different ways of typing experience.

However, the BIOS option will not be available for existing ThinkPad models, even though they should be feasible and compatible (with BIOS update) but will only be rolled out into upcoming Lenovo laptop series and so remember to ask for such feature if you are going to purchase a new ThinkPad soon.

I bought an Asus laptop a few years back without noticing the switched layout at the time and have NEVER got used to it because I spend most of my time using a desktop with an ergonomic keyboard. However.. I learned a valuable lesson from that laptop. I’m glad to see Asus saw sense and have corrected their layouts since then, but sadly Lenovo Thinkpad, MSI and a couple of others still don’t seem to be able to get it right.

So yeah.. add my name to the list of ‘fn > ctrl’ haters.

The only time I ever even use that pointless ‘fn’ key is to toggle the display when plugging in to an external monitor.

I tried to super glue keys together, tape it, nothing worked. The Fn key is not registered by the os so it is not mappable either.

This laptopw would be perfect if they switched the Fn and Ctrl keys and put he delete key in the top right corner instead of PgUp.

That Fn key is bugging me so much that I might buy a new laptop.

Also, the arrow keys are in line with the bottom of the keyboard making the zero numeric keypad smaller. This makes the numeric keypad almost useless.

When you glue it, you lose Home and End functions.
Tried to remap home and end to Prt Sc and Scroll Lock, but Prt Sc cannot be changed. Then tried to remap to Scroll Lock and Pause/Break, but Pause break cannot be remapped or changed. No way to get 2 adjacent keys for Home and End.

The keyboard designers have never used a US English keyboard and it shows in these poor layouts.

Very Frustrating.

Personally, I would prefer all keyboards to have CTRL where CAPS is. Since I often use other people’s keyboards, I’m stuck making the best of a lousy situation.

In the absence of sane CTRLing, I find the Thinkpad layout works better than CTRL in the bottom-left corner. In fact, I found this page trying to figure out how to make my wife’s HP laptop behave like my Thinkpad. :-)

I curl the tip of my pinky finger toward the base of the finger and hit CTRL with the top knuckle by the nail. Yes, it sounds weird, but it’s fast and convenient - I don’t have to reposition my hands at all. In fact, it’s so nice, that’s how I hit FN in the corner now, and CTRL on regular keyboards - shift hand 1/4 inch left, curl pinkie, tap.

Note1: I’m a 90 WPM “rest the heels of the hands on the laptop” typist rather than a “hovering so only the fingers touch anything” typist. Maybe it works differently for hoverers.

Note2: I doubt I’m coming back to this page, so feel free to flame away. But only flame after you’ve given the pinkie curl a try for a bit. Heh heh.

@ashbaugh - a potential saving grace for the Nokia Booklet is that the FN key can be used for PgUp/Dn/Home/End with the cursor keys. Of course, this could be accomplished with CTRL and remappers, but at it shows at least that Nokia has more than just a ganglia.

People are saying that you get used to using it like this. But people who say this have been using it for years (e.g. 10 )! I am not gonna spend that much time for that! Also, its it makes FPS games impossible.

Anyways, I am gonna summarize the 4 different solutions(!) posted here and elsewhere, to fix this issue.

1) Smash your FN key(take it out). It is suggested that you are still able to use it, but CTRL is definitely not mistaken by your hand.

2) Glue FN and CTRL together, or fix a wide stick over them to have them pressed together. CAUTION: check if your hotkeys work when they are pressed together (like c/p)

3) Use a keymapper to remap the CAPSLOCK with CTRL. Getting used to caps lock position is way easier than this f*cked up CTRL position. You can use http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/goglobal/bb964665.aspx if you are a windows user. Unfortunately, fn key is not possible to remap. So we are gonna need to forget about it=(

4) Give back your laptop, or sell it to someone who is not a pro-user like you and never NEVER and NEVER buy IBM/Lenovo again. Check keyboard before buying a new laptop.

David T. Can you please get the solution? :(