ergophobe - 11:11 pm on Mar 17, 2004 (gmt 0)

Longshot question:

I don't suppose the keyboard is an SK 6000, sold under many brands. The one at Dell [support.ap.dell.com] is branded differently from mine (Silitek versus PC Concepts), but it's the same modle number and exactly the same look.

switch to a linux

Did that, but when exchanging documents with Windows users, it just won't fly. And yes, I know about Open Office and whatnot, but I'm exchanging documents where we are doing final camera-ready layout. Even different versions of the same app are too risky.

or mac machine.

If Mac gives up being a totally proprietary end-to-end solution and doesn't make me drag a floppy or CD into the trash to eject it, I might think about it.