US retailers for UK keyboards?

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Feb 2nd 2012, 1:09 am

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Re: US retailers for UK keyboards?

The other place I was going to recommend was Frys. I did a quick search online but didn't find any, but if you are near a store you might want to consider dropping by.

http://www.frys.com/ac/storelocator/index.jsp

Feb 2nd 2012, 2:04 am

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Re: US retailers for UK keyboards?

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Originally Posted by Kar98

Why bother? Every other computer around you will have the En-US layout, and switching back and forth is much more of a hassle than just getting used to the American layout. I know I gave up using my German keyboard about 4 weeks into my stay in the US.

Because I'd like to have it with me when I return to the UK permanently in June (when my student visa expires).
The only other computers I use are college systems and I do my work on my own system, and just use those to pick up an email copy of my work and print it.

Feb 2nd 2012, 11:39 am

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Re: US retailers for UK keyboards?

FWIW, I use a ThinkPad laptop with an operating system called "Windows 7" from Microsoft. You can go into the "Control Panel" and then the "Clock Region Keyboard" menu -- and change your keyboard layout.

The list of languages was quite interesting. But English UK was one of them.