Love my new keyboard BUT

I'm not sure this is the right forum for this, but couldn't find anywhere else. I jsut purchased the new Mac aluminum keyboard, which I LOVE. I downloaded the software and everything works fine, but the F buttons now have different functions. I can deal with this, but there no longer seems to be an F button that toggles to minimize and then maximize all windows at once--it used to be the F10 or F11, I can't remember which. HELP! I need this function to check my desktop on a regular basis. Is there some way I can customize the keyboard to do this? (The F5 and F6 keys don't seem to have a function--maybe I could use them?) I'm not sure why Apple saw fit to eliminate that particular key/shortcut.
Thanks!

Interesting, Forrest. I guess this just goes to prove how subjective these assessments are. I too have typed on just about everything over the years since I first took typing lessons in a grimy high school classroom on summer break in 1968. LOL. I remember well those days of the Selectric ball and witeout--liquid and tape both. Glad they are gone forever.
Personally, I love the AL keyboard. I'm very glad I found it. I struggled, as I said, for months to find a keyboard I could basically ignore for 6 to 8 hours per day. People RAVED online about the Tactile Pro, and I couldn't stand it. It was so much in my face, with all that clicking and pounding.
Each to his/her own. I'm curious: what is "poor tactile feedback"? And I'm guessing "unsculpted keys" means there is not a little indentation to rest your fingers on? Probably that is the result of the AL being so low-profile?
How much would you pay me for my Tactile Pro? LOL. Maybe I'll hold off a few days on sending it back....

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Note: I'm updated to the latest build of OS X
(10.4.5, I believe -- remember, I'm new to the Mac
world :D)
You're correct; that's the lasted version.
Either way, the problem is this: after my computer
has gone to sleep, once I wake it up, the volume keys
on the keyboard don't work. After activating Front
Row, however, the keys started working.
Since they start working again after you've run Front Row it's almost certainly a software glitch. It probably worth calling Apple to let them know you're having the problem. Hopefully 10.4.6 or another update will fix the problem.
PS-- Anyone have a iTunes album art utility that
would automatically get the art and load it for my
entire music library? I don't have any art, and it
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