Use standard ISO keyboard with MacBook?

Hi all, does anyone know a way I can use a standard ISO keybaord, either USB or bluetooth, with my macbook?
I'm a developer and find Apple ones too flat/nice looking and terrible for coding on. When I plug in my nice chunky dell keyboard, it is recognised but I can't use the Windows key as the Apple key, making it unusable.
Does anyone know a way to map the keys to the Apple ones, or a good coding keyboard with chunky keys that I can buy?
Thanks!
T

Yeah, I used an old PC plug in one that worked fine, I just plugged it into my display so there were still only three cords into my MBP. Then I got the bluetooth keyboard from apple about a week ago and there have been no problems, its like there is no difference (except the apple keyboard is way better to type on!)

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