i am using windows xp in my mac book pro using parallels, i have a swiss german key board. in the windowds mode i cant use @ key, have you any idea how to find the @ key in xp. i have check in the net, few people have faced the problem,i have send mails to parallels, but no reply from them. u hv any idea about that. thnkx in advance.
partha

Hi Partha,
Use Alt gr + “q” instead of Alt gr + “l”. I accidentally found this out yesterday (zum Glück!)

i am using windows xp in my mac book pro using parallels, i have a swiss german key board. in the windowds mode i cant use @ key, have you any idea how to find the @ key in xp. i have check in the net, few people have faced the problem,i have send mails to parallels, but no reply from them. u hv any idea about that. thnkx in advance.
partha

I noticed that the “swiss german” keyboard layout is slightly different in MacOS and in Windows. Squared brackets, curly braces, the backslash and the @-sign are at different places. In MacOS you type option-G, whereas in Windows you would type ctrl-alt(option)-2 for the @-sign.

HTH

Meh. Over-edited that last comment, and it doesn’t read anything like I meant it to. Sure wish there was an edit/delete comment function.

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I’ve actually gotten used to the two-finger tap-to-click on the Mac trackpad. When I’m using Windows in Boot Camp, or on a PC, I find myself pressing the right-click button when I meant to press the left-click. That’s because having the one large single mouse button has caused me to click the right-side of the button.

I guess it’s all what you are use to

This article really only pertains to the laptop trackpad, not mice. Apple’s standard mouse, the Mighty Mouse, has four “buttons”, which are really user defined touch-sensitive areas, so it can be a one, two, three, or four button mouse — whichever you prefer. Additionally, the scroll ball does horizontal and vertical, or 360 scrolling. I guess it’s almost as high-tech as that MS mouse that came with my PC

Still… It’s all a matter of personal preference.

I’m sure you know about the 2 finger scrolling, but did you know that you can zoom in on the mac by holding Ctrl and doing the 2 finger scrolling?

Yep, I did know that actually. Although I believe that is Mac-only (doesn’t work in Boot Camp).

Unfortunately I don’t know how to help you since I have an English keyboard.

Yeah, it’s not optimal, but I do have to say it’s nice being able to do a two-finger tap to right-click.

it simply blows my mind that apple doesn’t get with the program and switch to a two button mouse. in general, i’ll give them plenty of points for usability, but this is one case where being different is just stupid.

This is one of those areas that, in my opinion, makes it a little more difficult to switch from using Windows to using a Mac. A right-click button would definitely be nice.