Whoa.... thought this post was entirely dead.....
Well, yes, it is SUCH a pain to figure out if the Caps Lock or Alt is on.... but guess u have to live with the experimentation while typing. Pain pain pain!
I don't think I hate my 6700 as much now that I've upgraded to 3.3, but this is probably the remnant of that hatred I used to have
3.3 ROCKS!