Sorry, I should have said: I'm talking about the UK models. The standard layout for UK keyboards has a dedicated # key right next to the return key: http://en.

Sorry, I should have said: I'm talking about the UK models. The standard layout for UK keyboards has a dedicated # key right next to the return key: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#United_Kingdom Mac keyboards for the UK - all of them, not just the laptop keyboards - omit this. I have yet to figure out why, but it's an unfortunate choice.