Re: [tlug] Laptops in Tokyo...

[David Oftedal <david@example.com>]

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>>>I'm not sure what you mean by dual-language keyboard, but with one exception
>>>(Toshiba PC Direct, but I don't like Toshiba notebooks at all) buying a not=
>>>ebook
>>>in Japan means buying one with a Japanese keyboard.  I've never seen any
>>>(other than the Toshiba reference above) available with an English kbd.
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>Oy. If you go to the "tax-free" shops, e.g. the Laox on in Akihabara,
>you can have all the English keyboards you want. The prices on Toshibas
>were/are identical with the Toshiba PC Direct ones.
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But tax-free shops are even more expensive than the rest of Japan, darou?

The best thing to do in this case would be to just learn the QWERTY
layout and just look at the screen when you type. It's faster and it's
more fun. ;)

If you won't, ask some super-otaku from the US with a Thinkpad to meet
you and trade keys.

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