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Title: replacement kleyboards?
Post by: Clark Kent on November 23, 2004, 06:28:51 pm

Does anyone in here know where I can find replacement keyboards for laptops and how much they'd cost?

Title: Re: replacement kleyboards?
Post by: Redshift the Kook on November 24, 2004, 06:11:45 pm

I didn't know you could replace laptop keyboards, but then I don't know anything about laptops.  :)

I guess it depends on where you live. Maybe there's an online store that sells them?

Title: Re: replacement kleyboards?
Post by: Clark Kent on November 24, 2004, 08:44:07 pm

Thanks for the reply.  I've looked at online stores all over, but found very little.  Mostly I need(ed) the info for a course I'm taking, and the onfo is next to non existant.   :-\

Title: Re: replacement kleyboards?
Post by: Redshift the Kook on November 25, 2004, 09:27:35 am

OK Clark, managed to find this link to some replaceable keyboards for laptops, although it is a Dell site:

http://www.laptopsforless.com/dellkeyboards.htm

Title: Re: replacement kleyboards?
Post by: Clark Kent on November 25, 2004, 09:23:51 pm

thanks redshift, howd you find this?  I searched as best as I could, as did a group member, and neither of use found much of anything.

Title: Re: replacement kleyboards?
Post by: Just plain old Punisher on November 25, 2004, 11:28:42 pm

most of the time keyboards are proprietary.

Title: Re: replacement kleyboards?
Post by: The Bar-Abbas Anomaly on November 25, 2004, 11:56:31 pm

What make & model is your laptop?  eBay is where I usually go when I need a specific laptop part.

Title: Re: replacement kleyboards?
Post by: Redshift the Kook on November 26, 2004, 11:20:42 am

Quote from: Clark Kent on November 25, 2004, 09:23:51 pm

thanks redshift, howd you find this?  I searched as best as I could, as did a group member, and neither of use found much of anything.

Erm, I typed 'Replacement laptop keyboards' in Google.  :o  :police:

Google can be a bit hit & miss at times.  ;)

Title: Re: replacement kleyboards?
Post by: Clark Kent on November 26, 2004, 01:36:51 pm

Quote from: Barabbas on November 25, 2004, 11:56:31 pm

What make & model is your laptop?  eBay is where I usually go when I need a specific laptop part.

It's for a class project in a marketing class I'm taking.  We had to come up with a product to "market," so we came up with a laptop keyboard with LCD lit keys.  SO, i was trying to find laptop keyboard prices to use as a base for pricing.

Title: Re: replacement kleyboards?
Post by: Redshift the Kook on November 26, 2004, 06:02:36 pm

Quote from: Clark Kent on November 26, 2004, 01:36:51 pm

Quote from: Barabbas on November 25, 2004, 11:56:31 pm

What make & model is your laptop?  eBay is where I usually go when I need a specific laptop part.

It's for a class project in a marketing class I'm taking.  We had to come up with a product to "market," so we came up with a laptop keyboard with LCD lit keys.  SO, i was trying to find laptop keyboard prices to use as a base for pricing.

I believe what Punisher is saying is that most laptops are constructed together as unit by propriety companies like Dell. Unlike the Desktop market, which has a lot of independant part manufacturing companies, laptops are tricky to put together so they often come as one unit.

That could be a good thing for your project idea as their could be quite a market for customising laptops and trust me, typing on a black keyboard in the dark is hard work, I should have though of that before I bought one.  :-\

Anyway, best look up what I said as I've never owned a laptop and therefore don't have much knowledge in them. Good Luck!