Apple's new keyboard...

We have a new machine in today and the person who got it hates the new keyboard.
So far I kind of like it, but I'm concerned if it will be fully functional under Tiger (10.4.11).
The Eject key works, yet when I hit the volume key(F12) it triggers eject instead.
No help in System preferences. Is this an OS thing and I won't be able to use this new keyboard on Tiger?
Thanks for any suggestions.
-Vincent

If you are talking about the new flat Aluminum keyboard, I've been using it in Tiger since it came out. It is a dramatic improvement over the previous one...for me. The previous white Apple Keyboard was horrible.
But that's a personal thing. People who believe that the traditional IBM-type keyboard is the ultimate will have a natural and maybe unfair hatred of anything else. But over the years I have been typing more and more on the low, scissor-key laptop keyboards like the PowerBook/MacBook Pro, and now prefer that. And that's why I like the new, quiet low-profile keyboard so much.
As far as why the volume key ejects, have you checked the keyboard layout setting? It sounds like a case where it's using the keyboard mapping of a different language. If you see a country flag in the menu bar, make sure it's the right country. If there is no flag in the menu bar, go into International preferences and check Languages and Input Menu.

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