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I have just started a new job in the UK but find the UK layout quite irritating since I've used the US keyboard layout all my life ... any ideas where I can get a good selection of US layout keyboards in London?

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try tottenham court road in one of the funny electronic shops they have.

otherwise ebay.

GordonB
If you can't find what you want in london it doesn't exist.
annakata
+1  A: 

Surely your course of action is to talk to your Manager?

PaulBM
+1  A: 

Just learn the new layout. It's not so hard.

If you really can't get used to it, buy one from the Internet.

The transformation between the US & UK keyboards is nothing compared to the switch between UK & French/Swiss keyboards. That was really hard when I did it.

MatthieuF
French/Swiss keyboards - I've been there too. All I can say is AAARGH!
anon
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I have a UK keyboard, but I still use it as a US layout, forget what your eyes tell you and trust your fingers :)

leppie
That's exactly what I do, works just fine.
dr. evil
Agreed - the differences are so small that you will quickly get used to it. Also, as another poster has said, it's nothing compared with a change to a French/Swiss keyboard - on a French keyboard, it's Alt-GR+8 to get the @ character, and you have to press SHIFT to get numbers...a big change!
Rich
I googled "UK keyboard layout" and the only difference I see is some changed symbols on the upper numeric keys. Is there something else I'm missing?
ryeguy
Apart from the back-slash key... thats in completely the wrong place.!!!
GordonB
@GordonB: Yeah, that freaks me out a little :)
leppie
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Apple keyboards always used to come in the US layout by default.

Jack Ryan
Indeed, if you 'bring your own keyboard' to a Mac Mini as Steve Jobs suggested, and it's a British PC keyboard, you'll find the standard keyboard setup leaves you with the wrong layout.
slim