Originally Posted by
IAN-UK
Right! I bought a laptop on a trip to the US: even made an excursion to Maine to get it tax-free. Regretted it because of the keyboard and other, smaller, irritations, ever since

When was Maine a sales tax free state?
I'm not bothered by the difference between US and UK keyboards... but that's probably because I use both at home or work and my fingers are used to them? (kind of like driving a car... I'm also used to both left and right-hand-drive cars because I've spent a lot of time in both types)