Just to complicate things further, I'm now typing on a QWERTY keyboard converted to DVORAK (by popping the keys off with a screwdriver, natch - no way I'm paying eighty quid for a keyboard), in QWERTY.
I've been able to touch-type in QWERTY for about ten years, so I no longer need the keys in front of me to be visible - and I find I can type nearly as fast in DVORAK if I can see the keys. I'm gradually making the shift over, and I can say that DVORAK does feel a lot more comfortable - and makes a lot more sense, too.
I have a freeware application that will switch between QWERTY and DVORAK layouts in Windows using the Scroll Lock key, which is very useful. It's about 40kb, and will run from a Flash drive. The Scroll Lock lamp on the keyboard responds as normal too, so you can tell with a glance at your keyboard which mode it's in. I'd give a link, but the site where I found it has gone mysteriously offline - but if anyone wants it, PM me and I can E-mail it over (given that it's free, I doubt the creator would mind).
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