Better laptops have a modifier in the BIOS to toggle the top row = media keys / Fn + top row = F1-F12 settings. Obnoxiusly nowadays the default is the media key

Better laptops have a modifier in the BIOS to toggle the top row = media keys / Fn + top row = F1-F12 settings. Obnoxiusly nowadays the default is the media keys... On my Asus laptop this is toggleable by pressing Fn+Esc, so now the Fn-key constantly has a light on to let me know that my top row is F1-F12.