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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Dvorak keyboards are great - if you can find a generic keyboard where all the keys are actually square and the same shape/size you can just pop them off and arrange them per the Dvorak layout, then set your keyboard to it in Windoze (built-in setting) in order to learn the layout and start using it.

Seriously - it's WAY faster once you get over the learning curve. Like almost double.

I got laid off in 2001. I had a crappy (but very appreciated) temp job where I had
Ots of time. I found an old keyboard that used the old 9 pin DIN connector and had uniform keys. I rearranged the keys and cut off the cord. I practiced on that keyboard for 8 hours or so. That got my familiar enough to switch my PC. The keyboards that I've used on PCs can not have their keys switched. The benefit of not being able to switch the keys is that you have to learn to touch type. There's no point in looking at the keyboard if the only two keys that are right are the A and M.