I just hate their keyboards…
I recently bought a new laptop. It’s just a web surfin’ and email kinda machine, but I needed something other than my work laptop. It’s been forever since I’ve actually bought a new computer, and I didn’t really want to spend a lot of time researching, so I just picked one.
It’s an HP G60… looks nice, I’m happy with it so far. Coolest feature is a button to turn off the touchpad. My work Dell doesn’t have it, and nothing pisses me off more than accidentally hitting the touchpad while typeing… the click moves cursor the cursor and I start typing in a different spot.
The worst thing about it is the keyboard. It’s a multi-lingual one version and the changes are subtle, but very frustrating. I’ve been using a ‘US’ keyboard most of my life, and my fingers have gotten used to where the Enter key and left shift keys are supposed to be.
Here’s what I got… 
Here’s what I want… ney… what I need…
It’s just that I’m so used to the US layout, and my pinkies don’t easily stretch over that extra key. Very frustrating when on a typing roll.
So, I’ve ordered a new keyboard out of China… $30US including shipping. HP part support sucks, but perhaps I’ve been spoiled with the Corportat Dell support I’ve gotten for my work laptop. I went to the HP site, and after clicking through pages of model selection, I found that a replacement keyboard is not orderable thru their web site, and must be purchased thru a 3rd party reseller… So no clue as to the quality of the keyboard either… it may be junk…
Not sure how long the keyboard will take to arrive, or even if it will work with this laptop… It’s for the US version of the same laptop, and I can’t see them changing too much between regions, but you never know.
I’ll let you know how it all works out.
UPDATE: I’ve just received my new US keyboard… It’s a cheap knockoff, but laptop keyboards have never felt that solid/robust to me in the first place. Anyhoo… I ordered it from a company that is based in California, and has 3 or 4 different web sites for the same shop. The only reason I know this is because I’ve been in email contact with them regarding package tracking… or lack there off.
Every reply I’ve received from them has been from a different email domain… so I was a getting a little worried about the legitimacy of the company. Also, the emails were sent at 3-4 AM my time, which means they are responding out of China or somewhere ‘over there’.
The keyboard was sent from the states according to the US postage stamps and stickers, so they do have a presence in north america at least.
Tax, shipping, exchange all in was $30… and in less than 5 minutes, I have installed my new keyboard. The keys are where they are supposed to be, and all is right with the world again 
ahhhh… feels sooo good to hit the enter key
it’s in the right spot again.
simple things…
