Thinkpad R60 keyboard: a little help

[nightman]

Hi guys,
after lots of years as a Sony Vaio user, now I've decided to embrace the great Thinkpad family. I've a Thinkpad R60 (Centrino Duo) and I've a little question with the keyboard: on the right side, near the ENTER key, there are keys that contains characters such as @ or # or [.
What is the right sequence to obtain these characters? I've tryed with ALT GR but it doesn't work (actually I'm using the ASCII code to obtain them but it's not good).
Any help from anyone that is and old Thinkpad user?
Thanks in advance.

[xbytes]

I have a T30 assume its the same just press and hold shift and then the symbol you require, but this seems to simple you sure you have the right keyboard layout language settings?

-xbytes

[mattbiernat]

Hi guys,
after lots of years as a Sony Vaio user, now I've decided to embrace the great Thinkpad family. I've a Thinkpad R60 (Centrino Duo) and I've a little question with the keyboard: on the right side, near the ENTER key, there are keys that contains characters such as @ or # or [.
What is the right sequence to obtain these characters? I've tryed with ALT GR but it doesn't work (actually I'm using the ASCII code to obtain them but it's not good).
Any help from anyone that is and old Thinkpad user?
Thanks in advance.

how do you like your R60? almost no body seems to be getting those... are they well made? is the plastic cheap? is the plastic cheaply glued to the screen? is there a space between the screen and the plastic? how do you like the overall finish of your machine? i might be asking too many questinos but i am kind of considering getting one. and after having a cheap apple computer i want to get something solid that is going to survive getted smashed by two heavy books in my backpack.

[nightman]

Hi guys,
I've just solved my problem. The R60 (Italian version) is preinstalled with a Italian 142 keys layout and the special keys with 4 digits (like the @ key) doesn't work. If you use the normal Italian layout, all works good.
Regarding the R60, I think this is the most solid notebook I've ever had. In the past I had Sony Vaio, Dell, Toshiba and Acer notebooks but noone was so solid and well built like this.
The plastic is not so sexy like the T60 but it's really solid and if you press the surface, there's no flex.
The internals is a rock, with all the parts (disks etc. closed on a magnesium case).
Always about the internals, what I really hate is the memory module case, placed under the touch pad. It's not so easy to open and you've to be careful to the cable that conects the touchpad.
The screen is really good and really brilliant (but not as my previous Vaio).
There's absolutely not a a space between the screen and the plastic and the hard disk (5400 RPM) is really silent.
Something more?
The notebook has a layout not so sexy like a Vaio for example, but I think that a Thinkpad is a professional machine that must work well and must be robust. If you're a professional and you need a robust machine, this is for you.

[mattbiernat]

Hi guys,
The plastic is not so sexy like the T60 but it's really solid and if you press the surface, there's no flex.
The internals is a rock, with all the parts (disks etc. closed on a magnesium case).
Always about the internals, what I really hate is the memory module case, placed under the touch pad. It's not so easy to open and you've to be careful to the cable that conects the touchpad.
The screen is really good and really brilliant (but not as my previous Vaio).
There's absolutely not a a space between the screen and the plastic and the hard disk (5400 RPM) is really silent.
Something more?
The notebook has a layout not so sexy like a Vaio for example, but I think that a Thinkpad is a professional machine that must work well and must be robust. If you're a professional and you need a robust machine, this is for you.

thank you so much for your mini-review of R60. For me a conservative looking notebook is better looking than the new fashion of apple or sony. And what i consider "sexy" is when a product is well made and thoroughly designed. i've read a lot of reviews about R60 on the web but i really wanted to know opinion from someone who actually owns one. Thanx a lot again.
-matt