Why on earth did HP swap around the primary function keys?

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(02-09-2016 01:18 PM)Geir Isene Wrote:  I like how the operators are nicely placed under the ENTER key. Makes sense. But I have wondered about the "- + * /" sequence. It would make (slightly) more sense to have "+ - * /" IMO

I think HP should have either kept things the way they started out on the classics, woodstock, coconut and spice platforms (- + x /) or arranged them the way Geir suggests. It makes no sense that they've experimented with random variations starting with the voyager platform.