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    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by gore.m, Jul 21, 2008.

  1. gore.m

    gore.m Notebook Geek

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    Hello,

    Im planing to buy notebook in Germany .
    How much will keyboard different from UK keyboard ? (right now I want sony vaio fw)

    thanks you
     
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    I believe all the European keyboards have the same number of keys (US keyboards have one less key). The basic keyboard is QWERTY, so the same as UK. You can they tell your computer you have a UK keyboard and change the markings on the keys where necessary.

    Alternatively, ou could buy from notebook.de and pay €89 for a UK keyboard.

    John
     
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    gore.m Notebook Geek

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    Do you think ... it is bad idea , try to buy (somewhere) keys , than open notebook and change it - change whole keys ?
    Do you think by this change I lose warranty (I would give old keys back before using warranty - of course) ?
    Is it hard to done it ?
     
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    You may not find other keys will fit on the keyboard.

    All you need is something like this and you can have the keys with the right markings. Then you tell the computer you have a UK keyboard and everything should be OK.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jul 21, 2008
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