broken record: just bought a t530 and the prtsc key makes me crazy. Who thought this was a good idea?? That and switching the left ctrl & fn (so it's like a mac). I suppose these things are just not for programmers/power users; anyway it's a big PITA to switch from ctrl under shift bottom left (every other PC keyboard) to "ctrl somewhere else, you just dimmed the screen."
EDIT: Thank you for BIOS keyswap tip. It's still not as good as a properly placed, properly sized ctrl key but this helps!
I thought everyone remapped caps lock to control anyway, but maybe I'm in a vocal minority here? I can't stand it any other way, and it feels much more ergonomical. Do yourself the favor of trying it for a while.
So this is a standard Thinkpad thing, then?? How bizarre...
Still, at least it has 2 Ctrl keys. The Macbooks only have the one. Makes some sense for OS X (until you run emacs, anyway), but it's a real pain on Windows.
EDIT: Thank you for BIOS keyswap tip. It's still not as good as a properly placed, properly sized ctrl key but this helps!