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Article #904Re: Keyboard wear
From: Rod Speed
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 17:13
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2002 17:13
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Disz <mein00@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:Tmww8.46129$uR5.104582@newsfeeds.bigpond.com... > what do you need the letters for??? Basically the stuff like CD keys during an install where no one touchtypes that stuff. To a lesser extent with code. > id have thought that if you do that much > typing you would be able to touch-type. Yeah, been able to for quite a few decades now. > ive been touch typing since i was ten. Yeah, me too, learnt it over a single weekend, forget whether it was a long weekend or not, while still in school, because no one could read my writing. > Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote >> kony <kony@insightbb.com> wrote >>> Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote >>>>>> Doesnt anyone do proper double shot >>>>>> injection moulded keytops anymore ? >>>>> I think Logitech makes the best keyboards. >>>> Do they have the same problem tho, the letters wearing off ? >>> My Logitech Cordless iTouch keyboard has worn fairly >>> well, has lasted longer than some modern keyboards >>> I've had, but it too has the characters printed on the >>> top, not injection molded. It's not going to "last for years". >> OK, the obvious thing to do is make sure its covered by years >> of warranty and shaft them on that when the lettering has worn >> enough so that its not usable anymore on some of the keys. >> And buy it locally from an operation thats going to be around >> for that long, to make it easy to shaft them on the warranty. >> Our consumer law makes the seller legally liable in the first instance. >> You can choose to use the manufacturer/importer if you want to.
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