Originally Posted By: Shonky
Originally Posted By: lectric
The Fn key was by default locked on. A simple bios change (odd place to put it, imho) fixed that right quick.


My girlfriend recently bought a Studio 17 with the same totally dumb concept. Why would I need one key access to screen brightness, CRT/LCD switching, wireless switching, volume/mute (when there are dedicated keys) etc as compared with F1 for help, F2 for rename/edit, F3 for search, F4 for edit url/folder location, F5 for refresh (and others depending on application). I'm a keyboard guy when it comes to things like spreadsheets and that "feature" makes me want to throw the thing out the window particularly F2. I know it's a BIOS change, but it's not my laptop.

I'm a keyboard guy, too (I spend the majority of my day in vim, the shell, mutt, and firefox), but I don't bother stretching all the way up to the function keys. I'd actually prefer having the one touch volume controls, and screen brightness.