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[conuly]

Ugh. My keyboard home row is completely busted. Using the onscreen keyboard, but I hate it. Hope nobody expects replies today : (

The laptop is already held together with spit, so I will get a USB keyboard for now and save for a new PC.

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[adafrog]

Dang. {{{hugs}}}

[conuly]

Thanks.

[wpadmirer]

ARGH. I sympathize. I'm desperately limping my computer along. Hoping it will last until I can afford to buy a new one!

[conuly]

And now I sympathize with you!

[hamimi_fk]

I know your pain - I just got this laptop for my birthday because the old one's harddrive died, for the 2nd time. =/ It was also falling about and I couldn't see the screen and had to plug it to a tv. Oh man, it was hard in those final months with her. =( Good luck with getting a new one.

[conuly]

Oh, yeah, this one's effectively a desktop, hooked up to a monitor. The screen was busted, the hinges were busted, and while I was able to replace the hinges I screwed up replacing the screen somehow.

[gatheringrivers]

I got one of these, if you like something about the size of a cheap keyboard, plus a keyboard skin.

You can also get ACTUAL refurb "Model M" keyboards, but they run around $300 on up now, and the Unicomp ones are around $100 because they ARE new (and use USB connectors, rather than adapters.) :(

Basically, either is like "the last keyboard you'll ever need to buy". :)

[conuly]

If I'd had a keyboard cover, it would've been better. Dangit, I know that.

[gatheringrivers]

Oh, i wasn't trying to imply that you didn't know that. :)

I have a helluva time FINDING keyboard skins to fit the keyboards *I like*. (Which is, "as close to buckling spring type" as I can get.)

I mentioned the Unicomp keyboard + skin because they make the skins to fit the particular keyboard you order. It's not a third party thing.

[conuly]

Do you know, there are people who have so little preference as to the sort of keyboard they use that they don't even know what the various types are called? These people, I'm sure, are also the sort not to get very excited about books detailing the use of typefaces in the MTA.

[thewayne]

Yeesh! I've never had a problem like that, I count myself as fortunate. In fact, with the exception of my current iMac BT keyboard which has some sticky keys, I've had good luck with keyboards. But next week I'm going to be dropping a couple hundred bucks getting the MagSafe port replaced on one MacBook and five keycaps and spring assemblies replaced on another: my wife's work laptop is having video glitches, and she's afraid of total failure and needing to have the thing shipped out to Apple Depot Repair for an overhaul. So I've got to get both backup laptops working properly!

[conuly]

Good luck.

[cactuswatcher]

You can get one for any price. But I'm using a USB keyboard that I got for $20 that I like better than ones that cost four times that. (I bought a new computer this year, just hated the keyboard that came with it and replaced it as soon as I could.)

[conuly]

Hey, nice!