Apple Keyboard on PC (Vista and XP)

Hi all
I'm now forced to use a PC at work (after moving from a job where I'd used Macs for more than 15 years!) but I'm trying to put a case together for upgrading the hardware.
*Could someone tell me if I would be able to use a Mac aluminium wired keyboard with my PC* (currently running XP Pro, but hopefully, with new hardware, Vista).
I know it will 'work' sort of, but what about the various key differences (" and @ specifically)?
I love the alu keyboards and would so love to have one with the PC (as I'm never going to be allowed a Mac here!).
Thanks in advance!

I just bought a compact aluminum Apple keyboard to use with an external monitor on my Dell Latitude E6500 laptop running Vista at work. I use a MacBook at home and wanted similar keyboards in both places. I used the free KeyTweak program to disable Caps Lock (my personal preference) and to turn the Apple Command keys into Windows Ctrl keys. KeyTweak makes its changes in the Windows registry. I used the free AutoHotKey program to run a script that gives me Home and End when I press Ctrl-Left and Ctrl-Right, PgUp and PgDn when I press Ctrl-Up and Ctrl-Dn, and forward Delete when I press Ctrl-Delete. I do Ctrl-Alt-Del on the laptop's keyboard when I need to. (Although KeyTweak was able to change the Apple Control key to a forward Delete that worked for the Ctrl-Alt-Del combination, I chose not to keep this particular remapping.) I use the PrintScreen key on the laptop. Altogether I am a very happy camper now. Here's the AutoHotKey script to get you started:
^Left::
Send {Home}
return
^Right::
Send {End}
return
^Down::
Send {PgDn}
return
^Up::
Send {PgUp}
return
^Backspace::
Send {Delete}
return

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