Apple Repair Remains Dismal

November 17, 2008 · 565 comments

Update: Apple replaced my Air with a new Rev A. I just went to the Apple Store, told them that it had a non-US keyboard from an error on their part and asked if I could just get a replacement so I didn’t have to deal with waiting for it to get repaired again.

I am only speaking from my own past experiences of having Apple repair my Macs, but this has to stop somewhere. For the past 2 weeks (I was quoted 5-7 days) Apple has had my MacBook Air to repair a bent screen bezel and dead micro DVI port. What I got in return was a German keyboard. Thanks Apple. I didn’t know I wanted to learn German.

disappointed by apple repair, as usual

I had given it to Apple with a clean install of Leopard so that when it’s booted it loads the installer, as I was planning on selling it sooner or later. Of course, when I got it back they decided to go ahead and run the installer and create an “apple” user for me instead of leaving the pristine install I had originally. Also, the fan is now dead and makes interesting sounds, the screen bezel remained bent and the display is misaligned and closes oddly.

Don’t get me wrong, Apple repair at the Genius Bar is almost always top-notch as long as you’re not an ass to the Geniuses. It is just when they send it off to their repair centers that quality of the repair suddenly stops becoming a priority.

So when you take your Mac to get repaired and they have to send it to their repair center, politely request that a service technician with the ID 31514 at the “CTS, Apple Authorized Repair Center” in Houston, Texas does not fix your Mac.

What has your experience with Apple repair been like?

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1 James Bayliss November 17, 2008 at 3:44 pm

My MacBook Pro went on fire, Apple never told me what was wrong with it – got them to give me a brand new one. Not an error since. I know that a friend had a hard drive replaced with a used drive with another user’s data. Flaw in the system, I think so. : /

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2 Tim Fletcher November 17, 2008 at 3:45 pm

Man, that is poor, poor work. Not something to expect from any company, let alone Apple. I hope they sort it for you double quick.

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3 iordanou November 17, 2008 at 3:45 pm

I asked for a US keyboard and they installed a UK keyboard, with a shitty enter key. It took the “geniuses” 3-4 days to change a keyboard (5-6 mins of work) on my MBP. At least they cleaned the machine and strengthened the skrews.

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4 Camron Flanders November 17, 2008 at 3:46 pm

So…they replaced the bottom of the laptop and left the screen/bezel assembly intact? The way those are built, they can’t just swap keyboard layouts…

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5 William November 17, 2008 at 3:46 pm

I had similar issues with Dell in the past. Since then ive always had onsight warranty so i can watch over them and lock the door out until it’s sorted!

Does Apple outsource repairs?

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6 Camron Flanders November 17, 2008 at 3:47 pm

So they put your screen on someone else’s main assembly, couldn’t have just replaced the keyboard.

nice.

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7 Paul Stamatiou November 17, 2008 at 3:49 pm

@James – ah yeah.. I remember that

@William – I think repairs are outsourced, to “apple authorized” repair centers so they are not as closely watched as actual Apple employees.

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8 William Brawley November 17, 2008 at 3:50 pm

I’m been mostly happy with my Apple repairs that’s I’ve had to send out. Back on my PowerBook, I had a couple of repairs to the latching mechanism that went smoothly (though they found it necessary to remove my working 3rd party RAM and then torching down the screws to where I almost stripped them). On my MacBook though, I had a problem with the digital/analog audio port. I sent it out from the Apple Store to a repair center, and they just blatantly didn’t fix it. I took it back to the Apple Store and they confirmed this. Puzzled, they ended up fixing it in-store, and it was perfect.

The Apple repair center I’ve used that’s been listed on the repair invoices has been Flextronics in Memphis, and I’m beginning to doubt their level of quality.

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9 Amanda November 17, 2008 at 3:51 pm

I would consider submitting your story to The Consumerist– http://consumerist.com/

Because (in theory) Apple would like to protect their reputation, perhaps this will warrant some sort of response from the company. observe: http://consumerist.com/348970/emailing-bill-gates-results-in-new-xbox

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10 Michael November 17, 2008 at 3:54 pm

Das is good, ya?

I had a crappy experience at the Genius bar the last time they fixed my laptop, they ended up giving me a new trackpad which was broken and scratched my screen in the process. All while they were supposed to be fixing my DVD drive.

The best experience I had with someone working on my Mac was at a 3rd party reseller who was repair certified. They replaced a few things on my old white MacBook and did the job flawlessly. I don’t trust the Apple store with my stuff anymore.

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11 Preshit November 17, 2008 at 3:54 pm

Are you sure this is your own Macbook Air and not someone elses by mistake? I mean, you could check the serial number maybe?

I don’t realize why would the service center guys replace something that wasn’t faulty in the first place.

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12 William November 17, 2008 at 3:56 pm

Thanks for the info, Paul. I struggled to imagine an Apple employee doing this shoddy job. The wrong keyboard is perhaps human error that nobody is immune from but the dodgy bezel.. sure on a cheap computer may be; but this is a premium product!

I’m sure apple will get back to you pronto. Keep up the great blog.

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13 Josh Bryant November 17, 2008 at 4:07 pm

Wow … its amazing how stuff like this can happen … so bad you have to wonder if the repair technician was simply drunk or playing a joke.

Wow.

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14 Peter Filias November 17, 2008 at 4:41 pm

Wow, I can’t believe you got a German keyboard!!!

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15 phossil November 17, 2008 at 4:57 pm

Hey!! That was extra. I bet in the Repair center, they always are saying to the technicians: “We have to give away more!!”

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16 Jack Tams November 17, 2008 at 5:04 pm

The latest round of Macbook have done nothing for Apple support, I am already on my second MBP.

My Friend had an issue with his and it came back after repair with a Bulgarian Keyboard because the code is BBR which is very close the GBR on the keyboard.

I can only guess that Apple are using some outsourcing here, rather than in-house. Because of late the repairs have been shocking, Genius Bar and Applecare have been brilliant but they are completely let down by the shocking lack of care when doing the repair.

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17 Derek November 17, 2008 at 5:10 pm

That’s too bad, sir. I’ve been fortunate to have such great luck with Apple’s repair services. I got a new MBP last February, after about a week the video would flicker and got worse, to completely going black intermittently. I called on a Tuesday, got my box on Wednesday and immediately shipped it out, received it back on Friday with a new video card installed. Haven’t had a problem since.

I should mention that this was while living in Brookings, SD (see, BFE) and it was shipped to Texas for repairs.

I hope you can get this all sorted out and resolved in an expeditious manner.

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18 skipc November 17, 2008 at 6:04 pm

sounds like a case swap to me too. verify the serial number, and if you had added third party RAM, verify it. if so, demand a complete replacement.

from my experience’s, apple’s outsourced repair stinks. i think jobs should send in his personal stuff in once a month just to experience first hand just how un-satisfactory it is.

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19 Paul Stamatiou November 17, 2008 at 6:15 pm

@skipc – serial number on the back is still the same (but they could have just kept the same back cover), still 1.6GHz, and same RAM (macbook air.. ram is soldered in). I’m not sure about the hard drive but I would assume it’s the same.

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20 zack Harvatine November 17, 2008 at 6:34 pm

Wow thats pretty funny. My dad bought a macbook in february (although i’m the only one who uses it! ;) and the only problem is that there is a hairline crack about 3 inches long extending from the indent where you lift up the upper case. i’ve been begging my parents to go to the apple store to get it squared away, but they keep putting it off. Anyone else had this problem?

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21 jeffery Edmonds November 17, 2008 at 6:50 pm

@ Zack take it in the hairline crack in the white MB should be covered. I owned one and had it replaced by Apple along with the faceplate which houses the trackpad/keyboard.

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22 Chris Martin November 17, 2008 at 8:02 pm

I think that you may have just gotten “service technician with the ID 31514″ fired… or at least relegated to repairing Dell and Compaq laptops for the next few months.

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23 Evan November 17, 2008 at 8:31 pm

I was an Apple Store assistant manager for two years, I would like to say this would never come out of my store (though there are leaks on occasion). Though, most all the portable computer repairs that came into the store were sent off to a Apple repair depot. Our Geni, on occasion, would catch an incoming repair gone awry from the depot and we would do our best to accommodate the customer while we fixed it in house (against procedure).

Sorry you got the crap end of the stick Paul…

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24 Andre November 17, 2008 at 8:53 pm

First off, my devices (and I’ve mentioned a lot of this in various other comments on your blog):

iPod Mini (1 repair): Scroll wheel died. Mailed it away to Apple in a provided box and got a brand new one in return. Worked for me!

1.83GHz MacBook Pro (10 repairs):
- Battery x4
- Left fan
- Right fan
- Keyboard
- Optical Drive
- Display
- Logic Board

Batteries were always replaced by mail. A bit of a pain in the ass, because all four of them died just beyond their warranty (one year initially, 90 days from replacement there on out), but I got them covered anyway. Which was nice, no real complaints.

The rest of it was all done at two different authorized repair centers (no Apple store here), the one of which I now work at. The one I don’t work at had awful hours and couldn’t find the issue with my machine with my first failure (intermittent issue w/ logic board), so I tried out the other store. Takes a while to get things repaired, about 1-3 weeks (three if you’re hard to contact), but the work is *always* done right, and not only for staff. ;)

Apple replaced the computer a few weeks ago with a new 2.4GHz system w/ free DisplayPort to DVI adapter, and let me custom order it with a 320GB HDD and 4GB RAM, so hopefully I won’t be taking a system in for repairs again any time soon. :)

Rest:

- iPod Headphones x3, iPhone Headphones x4
- Mighty Mouse (wired) x2

All done over the phone, all a pain because they want a credit card number before they replace the item (which I don’t have), but still pretty easy to replace and provided you give them a working credit card number, they send the new item before you send your old one in.

Now, as for your situation:

Did they agree to replace the bezel initially? Normally problems like that are your problem because it’s not a manufacturers defect (or so I’ve seen).

While I’m sure you have/will contact AppleCare once again and send it off for repairs, it might be worth contacting customer relations first and bitch them out for it, mentioning the nice post on Consumerist. You could probably get a free iPod or something for your trouble.

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25 Ben November 17, 2008 at 9:37 pm

I’ve never had any problems over the years with my Macs that have needed service. It has always been timely and without problem.

My girlfriend, however, has had numerous minor issues with her MBP (she got it exactly 2 years ago and still has AppleCare). The fan comes on constantly yet Apple says this is normal… but it’s not. My brother has almost the exact same model of MBP, only the version that was released 6 months after my gf’s. The fan on his almost never comes on, even when running them side by side with the same apps, while the fan on my gf’s MBP comes on after 5 minutes of use. I think the only real difference between the two machines (at least on paper) is that hers has a 2.1 Ghz processor and his has a 2.2 Ghz processor or something like that. If anything, the faster MBP should be running hotter and using the fan more!

Something is not right when her MBP fan is running almost constantly at full speed while other MBPs don’t have that issue. We are thinking about taking it back to the Apple Store yet again and hopefully will get a new technician who will be more sympathetic.

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26 ken November 17, 2008 at 9:50 pm

That is really wierd! I’m sure someone at Apple will straighten your situation out now that it is documented on the web. Also as a German education major I had a good chuckle. Viel Spaß!

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27 Adam November 17, 2008 at 10:08 pm

Are you sure that they gave you the same computer back, because the German keyboard layout seems different from the English one. I doubt they drilled out part of the machine to fit in the return/enter key

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28 Matt D November 18, 2008 at 12:10 am

I’ve actually been extremely satisfied with the Genius’s in particular, and with my Apple repair experience. I had a strange bend in the case of my MBP above the latch in the front, they replaced the entire bottom case, and some of the paint had worn on the palm rest area and the genius put it in for a new one of those as well. I got it back in 6 days in mint condition with a new top and bottom case, and a new keyboard!

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29 Stephen Froom November 18, 2008 at 2:42 am

Haha. Hilarious! Or perhaps not so much, from your perspective. At least it’s not your everyday machine.

It strikes me as odd that they would have replaced the whole “unibody”, as that’s what they would have had to do change the keyboard. You may have received a new logic board, etc. as well, as they’re screwed to the unibody, and perhaps the whole part was replaced to fix your mini dvi port. Very odd indeed.

I think replacing with a refurbished system is in order. Your argument could be that repairing again would involve so many components, that it would essentially require a full refurbishment (new unibody+logic board, plus screen bezel, presumably, plus labor).

Seeing as you’ve been inconvenienced once thus far by being without your computer for significantly longer than the quoted repair period, I’d as for a mail exchange refurb unit.

Best of luck!

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30 Coleen November 18, 2008 at 4:20 am

Paul, how did your MBA get damaged exactly? Just a few hours ago my MacBook fell off my bed and got damaged. The impact seemed to jamb the track pad into a permanent hold, so I can’t click on anything. I can move the cursor fine, but that’s it. Also the screen and bottom half are misaligned a little and it doesn’t close right. Everything else is fine. I am asking because I checked the Apple Warranty and it says it doesn’t cover “accidental damage”. Did you have an problems getting them to repair you MBA…besides the obvious?

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31 Evan November 18, 2008 at 4:20 am

I work at the Apple Repair depot in Memphis. This would not happen here. Here foreign keyboards have to be special order, which we were told was at every repair facility. Apparantly not.

However, when parts get repaired, each unit is run for 3 hours, sometimes more. What ends up happening is that something will fail during those tests. Thats why you might send in a unit for backlight issues but have to get a new harddrive.

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32 j. l. November 18, 2008 at 6:21 am

@ Ben

The 2.1Ghz machine is a core duo mbp (rev. a), the 2.2Ghz is a core 2 duo machine. The difference in terms of the amount of heat they produce, and thusly the amount of noise the fans make, is like night and day. the 2.1Ghz is more than likely completely fine.

as for the air, did you check the serial on the back with the serial in the system profiler? its possible the back case was taken off and mistakenly put on a different machine. the way those computers are assembled makes that make a lot more sense then them replacing the keyboards.

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33 Ted Lee November 18, 2008 at 9:24 am

I’ve had at least 4 different Apple laptops sent out for repair over the last 8 years, and all have gone to Houston. I’m happy to say that with the exception of my first generation Macbook Pro, all repairs were quick and to spec or better. The issue with the first gen Macbook Pro was that I had CTO config, and they didn’t keep as many of those logic boards on hand, so that repair took a while longer. That machine alone accounted for 3 out of the 4 repairs in the last 8 years. It was a lemon that Apple eventually replaced last year with a 2.4ghz Macbook Pro.

Since that swap out, Apple seems to do more and more of the repairs in the stores. I believe the only thing they send out the laptops for now is if the main logic board needs to be replaced.

Sorry you’ve had such a craptastic experience. May I suggest dropping an email to someone on the executive board? Nudge nudge, wink wink.

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34 Julia November 18, 2008 at 9:31 am

I brought my computer in on Sunday to replace the optical drive, as it wouldn’t burn dvds. I got it back on Monday (drive replaced). Sadly, the new drive wouldn’t burn dvds (and yet somehow passed their tests?). Luckily when I brought it back again on Monday a very nice Mac genius fixed the problem right then.

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35 Peedy November 19, 2008 at 3:52 am

I haven’t had to use apple support myself, however my buddy has sent both his iphone and macbook into apple (they sent him a box) and he has been more than happy.

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36 Michael Whalen November 19, 2008 at 1:32 pm

I took my old Macbook Pro to an authorized repair center in Pasadena, CA once (near LA for those foreigners) and they did a *superb* job repairing some nastyness I managed to induce upon my precious apple. Place is called Di-no and I believe it’s on Walnut. I’d honestly drive from anywhere remotely close to Los Angeles to have repair work done here — http://www.di-no.com/ — and here is why…

While spending a week out in Hawaii to chill with the guys I now work with, I managed to spill some delicious Hawaiian Guava juice all over my keyboard. I tried my best to clean it up and absorb all the sugary gook but resistance was futile and eventually the keyboard resembled that of a teenager who just learned how to beat the meat to online porn. Keys were sticky, and it sucked to use. Plus, (unrelated to the guava spill) the little teeny bit of metal between the inside keyboard surface and the top of the latch release button had foob’d itself and was protruding outward.

They seriously did an impeccable job fixing the laptop. Replaced it under Apple Care 100% free even though it was clearly my fault for spilling the juice on the keyboard (The Apple store denied me service… suggesting that since the logic board wasn’t damaged they couldn’t do anything, even if I paid to have it done). I was so fed up with the sticky gook and the inability to efficiently code that I was even prepared to pay whatever it might cost to replace the KB.

I called on a Tuesday afternoon, and after explaining my dilemma and my willingness to pay to have it fixed, like an old friend, they told me they would do it free under AppleCare without a cent out of my pocket and that I needn’t worry about it. They ordered the replacement keyboard that day and a few days later gave me a call letting me know I could bring it in any time.

After being awake for wayyyy too long hacking all night long on some web projects, I took the laptop in and headed home for a nap. They would call me when it was done. Not an hour into my snoozin’ I got a phone call and the thing was ready. I managed to get my lazy ass out of bed and drove down there to find an entirely new keyboard, an entirely new trackpad (ah yes failed to mention my trackpad button was totally foobar… and would click occasionally but sometimes would double click… it was totally a gonner), plus they fixed the bulge in the front of the case (which I didn’t even ask for).

I signed one document stating that I was picking it up and that the repair was complete, and headed home with what felt like a new laptop, and feeling like a million bucks. I’ve never had such an amazing customer service experience in my entire (short 19 year old) life. I love my gadgetry, as most Apple people probably do, and felt that Di-no certainly understood that.

Subsequently not too long ago my laptop was stolen. Miss that thing dearly :( I do love my brand new unibody though, excellent machine.

And heh, no I do not work for Di-no… but I have popped two adderalls in the passed 24 hours plus a 5 shot latte a few minutes ago and have been working like a feind all night long. Amphetamines FTW!!

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37 Andrew Hyde November 22, 2008 at 6:36 am

I’ve had nothing but horrible experiences as well.

Long, long story short, my primary machine broke down, and it took over 80 days for me to get it back in working order.

Needs to be fixed. Hopefully it will.

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38 Yorgos Dedes November 23, 2008 at 9:37 pm

haha! it’s time for you to learn German!

like flickr, when it says

Yasou yorgos.athens!
Now you know how to greet people in Greek!

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39 David H. November 25, 2008 at 12:13 pm

About 6 mo. ago, my brand new Macbook had the “scratches optical discs” issue. Took it to the Genius Bar at the Apple Store in Willow Bend Mall, Plano TX. The guy I spoke to was pleasant, competent, diagnosed the problem quickly, and asked me to leave the machine & come back the next day (they would have fixed it while I waited, but didn’t have the repair part in stock).

Came back, problem solved. The only issue was that the techs in the back room must cover their workbench with sandpaper, because the bottom of the Macbook was pretty scratched up. (heh, heh – of course, Apple is still in denial that highly polished acrylic scratches at all) But I didn’t buy it to be pretty, I bought it to use.

I’ve since scratched it up further myself, so recently covered it with an Incase Hardshell case. Not bad, and the Apple logo looks kinda cool glowing thru the translucent, matte black plastic on the lid ;)

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40 PaulE January 13, 2009 at 8:01 pm

My experience is that it’s more likely than not that if the computer goes in for repair with Apple, it will come back with another problem and that this will continue until Apple finally replaces your computer with a brand new model. It’s almost predictable how bad Apple is in this regard. On the other hand they’ve been upgrading my computers for years this way….:) Still I’d prefer to not have to deal with the hassle.

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41 Barb Dunnam February 11, 2009 at 5:01 pm

My Macbook has been in for more repairs than I can remember. Case cracking,Screws stripped after repairs,Logc board,HD, came back with a thumb print in the screen, Keyboard and trackpad fried,

Every time Apple has been great. It goes away to Memphis and coes back super fast. This time, is different. It has been in repair for three days. Still in repair. Normally it would be back by now. When I called Apple this morning I did not have my service request number. They could not find it! Turns out some glitch kept it from appearing on my email addy. I went and borrowed a friends PC EWWWWW and setup an email account for myself. I retireved my case ID from the mail in request.

I just got off the phone with a very sweet girl from Apple. She called the Depot. It is in Engineering and will be there few more days? OK look, I love my Mac but it has been broken so many times and in for repairs so many times. At what point will they swap it out?

We had one of our G4 ibooks that was in for repair alot. They replaced it the third time. I guess they dont do that anymore? IN the meantime…… I have reports due to the FEDS. We already lost time and asked for an extension with the Ice storm. Wanna bet I lose this grant over it??

Ugh

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42 dweebster November 17, 2008 at 7:52 pm

doofi.

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43 mmmsoap November 17, 2008 at 7:53 pm

Well if you’re going to do something wrong, you may as well go full-force and do it really wrong….

In all seriousness, though, sounds like someone’s RMA number got swapped with another. Probably digit transposition? I went to the blog mentioned, but the OP doesn’t mention any kind of follow-up…was there a fix?

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44 VidurChalciope November 17, 2008 at 7:55 pm

@mmmsoap – this is paul. As for follow-up, I just got the laptop returned to me today and haven’t had the chance to notify apple yet. I’m hoping for a replacement..

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45 Corydon November 17, 2008 at 7:58 pm

Incidentally, can anyone tell me if Macs still handle basic foreign characters as gracefully as they did in the ’90s? For some reason, Windows has always made it hard to come up with an intuitive system for handling acute and grave accents, circumflexes, etc.

IIRC, older versions of the Mac OS would let you do an option-` followed by a vowel and it would come out just right. Very handy if you’re switching languages.

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46 floraposte November 17, 2008 at 8:06 pm

@Corydon: That’s still the grave accent; others tend to be option-mostlikelyletter followed by the letter you want, so option-e-e is how you’d do an acute accent over an e and option-e-a is acute-accented a; umlaut lives over the u and circumflex over the i.

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47 DeeJayQueue November 17, 2008 at 8:15 pm

@floraposte: Don’t forget about the tilde and the n

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48 Burgandy November 17, 2008 at 8:17 pm

Jawohl baby!

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49 firestarsolo November 17, 2008 at 8:19 pm

Of course, it’s just the keyboard lettering that’s in German…the signals that are generated by it are handled by the operating system, and will be in English…

I kind of want this to happen to my laptop! It’d be a good conversation piece.

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50 OletheaEurystheus November 17, 2008 at 8:19 pm

@Corydon: yes they still handle foreign languages as well as they did. Some of the largest files of the OS X install is the language files.

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51 Citron November 17, 2008 at 8:31 pm

It’s an eszett. I goes "s" as in "sass."

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52 Citron November 17, 2008 at 8:32 pm

@Citron: Oh, German keyboard: Totally brutal. Rock on, crazy metal keyboard!

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53 ShariC November 17, 2008 at 8:40 pm

This was a dumb mistake for the repair person to make, but, other than aesthetics, it will have no effect on the users typing. The characters you get are dictated by the input method you select, not by the hardware you use. I can type in Japanese on an English keyboard and vice versa. If you’re a touch typist, it’s completely irrelevant since you don’t look at the keys anyway.

That being said, Apple should give him a new/different keyboard (and fix the right problem) since that wasn’t what he wanted.

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54 rlee November 17, 2008 at 8:41 pm

@Corydon: If you want a Windows solution, try the Open Source AllChars. Press (not hold!) the control key, followed by the two characters (like a’ or n~ or c/) in either order to get the desired single character.

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55 CaliforniaCajun November 17, 2008 at 9:01 pm

@Corydon: The foreign language support, both for input and display is more robust than ever.

Creating umlauts, accents, trademark/copyright/service marks and other specialty characters is far easier than on Windows, where my experience has been that one must open a "character palette" and pick things out one-by-one.

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56 GuinevereRucker November 17, 2008 at 9:33 pm

I’m a die hard Apple user, so I’m hopelessly biased, but…

Apple is known for their customer support, it’s second to none in the computer world. I’ve worked in IT before and spend 40 frustrating minutes trying to reach Dell support, which turns out to be someone in India named "Bob" or something who can’t help or speak English. Apple support is legendary.

Not sure what happened here, probably a switched order like others have said.

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57 fonetek November 17, 2008 at 9:33 pm

Anyone know how to get my Dell laptop to type in Swahili? I’m going to try to reverse the 529 scams so I can outwit some poor unsuspecting African living in a mudhut with a T1 line.

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58 jkinatl2 November 17, 2008 at 9:33 pm

It would be a great keyboard for aspiring touch-typists :)

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59 ludwigk November 17, 2008 at 9:35 pm

This is odd because most US repair centers cannot get the foreign language keyboards, even if they want them. They are only available overseas. There were several times when I had to replace foreign keyboards with US ones because we could not get the foreign parts easily.

There was one instance where I opened a service parts box and removed a foreign keyboard (skandinavian layout), but I just pulled another service part because I care about getting things like that right.

The most likely explanation I can think of, having Apple repair experience:

1) A service part is missorted and sent to some distribution hub. It is then boxed as a keyboard service part and sent to a service provider.

2) The service provider pulls the keyboard to replace the bad one, and either doesn’t notice that it is in german, or doesn’t care because they don’t want to expend another service part.

Even as a random mistake, this should be exceedingly rare for any repair facility in the US, since they only get a foreign keyboard by mistake.

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60 FHJay November 17, 2008 at 9:57 pm

Did the guy ever try to contact Apple to get this fixed again?

Not that a foreign keyboard matters. I ordered a computer from woot to find it had a half-Italian keyboard. It naturally works just fine, it’s just aesthetically unpleasing.

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61 madanthony November 17, 2008 at 10:38 pm

@ludwigk:

Very true. We have a philosophy professor at the college I work for who really wanted a laptop with a German keyboard, and was considering flying to Germany to get one. One of our techs finally ended up talking Lenovo England into selling us a replacement so we could swap it with a new T-series.

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62 Dresarius November 17, 2008 at 10:42 pm

@VidurChalciope: I had my first generation macbook prod sent in for repairs about 8 months ago, and apple sent it back to me ‘fixed’ without actually doing any of the repair work. I called up apple, said, ‘uhm, what’s up?’ got bounced around on the phone for a few hours and ended up with a new macbook pro. One of the guys who I talked to at the local mac store said that this sort of thing doesn’t happen very often, but when it does apple is quick to take care of it.

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63 Davan November 17, 2008 at 10:45 pm

Its not just Apple that screws things up, I had to send my Fujitsu back 3 times to get a simple repair completed. One time they returned it with a note that said they have replaced a part and the old part was still there!
Oh well, bless their hearts.

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64 Hyman Decent November 17, 2008 at 11:15 pm

@DeeJayQueue: Don’t forget the umlaut over the ‘n’ in ‘Spinal Tap’.

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65 ClaireProculus November 17, 2008 at 11:16 pm

Too bad I got the sh*t end of the stick from Apple and my school at that. Was sold a "Refurbished" macbook pro, when I paid for a new one.. everything from the lcd screen to a failing hard drive to a jacked up shell and power supply. Been given the run around for about a year now. I got all of my documents and proof that both my school and Apple requested, and no one seems to do anything about it and denies my request to replace the unit or repair. Countless Case numbers, Faxes, 800 numbers, Direct numbers, Mac "Geniuses", emails, even a letter to Steve Jobs personally! The endless circle of the broken record for me.. Goodtimes… Personally I can’t stand Apple’s support. Now I’m supposed to fork out my own cash if I want to use my macbook?.. small claims court against my school and apple maybe?.. I shouldn’t have had to go through that to use an Apple product. I love Apple. Anyways I’ll shut up now lol..

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66 Grrrrrrrrrr! November 18, 2008 at 12:30 am

Shhh…don’t wave it around, or everyone else will want one too!

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67 TWinter November 18, 2008 at 1:37 am

@Corydon: The best solution in Windows (XP and Vista) is to change your keyboard to the US International setting – that gets you very intuitive key combos for characters found in the major European languages.

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68 loueloui November 18, 2008 at 4:48 am

AHA! You know who else had a German keyboard….

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69 Corydon November 18, 2008 at 5:03 am

@TWinter: Aha! So that’s how it’s done…And all this time Microsoft was sending me into character map and having me remember weird Alt key combinations. Thanks!

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70 shufflemoomin November 18, 2008 at 6:09 am

Maybe he’d find it useful. You never know when you might need an Ø,Å or Æ :)

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71 SigmundTheSeaMonster November 18, 2008 at 9:05 am

Hey. Why or should I say, who is responsible for the damaged bezel in the first place? The user damaged it.

The tech likely got the part number crossed from Apple’s pricelist (rather than order the part from the depot). Or they rushed to get this out. I wonder how they even got a German keyboard shipped to them?

I love how someone has a blog and can rant without reasonably acknowledging their fault as well.

PS: Apple needs to offer a Complete Care Warranty with 100% replacement of accidental damage, just like Dell! Imagine that…a PC maker will replace your entire unit for same price Apple charges you NOT to. I’m a PC…

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72 Amy Alkon November 18, 2008 at 9:26 am

I have had Apple computers since 1985 when I got my first on the student discount at the University of Michigan, and I’ve had Applecare since they’ve had it, and it’s always been fantastic. I once had a computer completely replaced by them. And they’ve always been just great on the phone.

Did this guy call Apple back? Mistakes happen. Technicians are people. They’ve always made good on everything for me, and they’ve had smart people working for them and a level of service that other companies should emulate.

Oh yeah, and I met my boyfriend in the Apple store at the Grove six years ago. All and all, I’m a pretty thrilled Apple customer.

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73 I freebase cocaine for a living November 18, 2008 at 10:00 am

Das ist gut, ja?

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74 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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75 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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76 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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77 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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78 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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79 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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80 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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81 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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82 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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83 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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84 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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85 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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86 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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87 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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88 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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89 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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90 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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91 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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92 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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93 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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94 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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95 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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96 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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97 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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98 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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99 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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100 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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101 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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102 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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103 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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104 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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105 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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106 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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107 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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108 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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109 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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110 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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111 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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112 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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113 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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114 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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115 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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116 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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117 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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118 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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119 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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120 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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121 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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122 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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123 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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124 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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125 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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126 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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127 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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128 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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129 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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130 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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131 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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132 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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133 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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134 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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135 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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136 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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137 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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138 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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139 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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140 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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141 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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142 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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143 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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144 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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145 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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146 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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147 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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148 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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149 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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150 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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151 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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152 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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153 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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154 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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155 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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156 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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157 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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158 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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159 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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160 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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161 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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162 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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163 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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164 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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165 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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166 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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167 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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168 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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169 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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170 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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171 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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172 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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173 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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174 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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175 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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176 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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177 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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178 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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179 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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180 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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181 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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182 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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183 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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184 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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185 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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186 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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187 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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188 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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189 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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190 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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191 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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192 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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193 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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194 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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195 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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196 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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197 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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198 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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199 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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200 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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201 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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202 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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203 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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204 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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205 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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206 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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207 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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208 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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209 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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210 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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211 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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212 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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213 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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214 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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215 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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216 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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217 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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218 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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219 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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220 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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221 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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222 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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223 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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224 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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225 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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226 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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227 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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228 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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229 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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230 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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231 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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232 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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233 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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234 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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235 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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236 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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237 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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238 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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239 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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240 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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241 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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242 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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243 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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244 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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245 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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246 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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247 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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248 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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249 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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250 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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251 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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252 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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253 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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254 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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255 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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256 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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257 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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258 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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259 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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260 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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261 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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262 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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263 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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264 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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265 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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266 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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267 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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268 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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269 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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270 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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271 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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272 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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273 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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274 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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275 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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276 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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277 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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278 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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279 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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280 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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281 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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282 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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283 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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284 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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285 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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286 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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287 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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288 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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289 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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290 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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291 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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292 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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293 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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294 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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295 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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296 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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297 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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298 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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299 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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300 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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301 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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302 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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303 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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304 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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305 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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306 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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307 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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308 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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309 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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310 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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311 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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312 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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313 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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314 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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315 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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316 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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317 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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318 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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319 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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320 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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321 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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322 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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323 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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324 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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325 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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326 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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327 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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328 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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329 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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330 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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331 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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332 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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333 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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334 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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335 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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336 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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337 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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338 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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339 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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340 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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341 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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342 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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343 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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344 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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345 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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346 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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347 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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348 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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349 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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350 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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351 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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352 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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353 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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354 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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355 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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356 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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357 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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358 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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359 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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360 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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361 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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362 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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363 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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364 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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365 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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366 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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367 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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368 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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369 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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370 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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371 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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372 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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373 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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374 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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375 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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376 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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377 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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378 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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379 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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380 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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381 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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382 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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383 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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384 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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385 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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386 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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387 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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388 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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389 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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390 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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391 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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392 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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393 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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394 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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395 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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396 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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397 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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398 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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399 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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400 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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401 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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402 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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403 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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404 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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405 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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406 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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407 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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408 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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409 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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410 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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411 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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412 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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413 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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414 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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415 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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416 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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417 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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418 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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419 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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420 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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421 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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422 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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423 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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424 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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425 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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426 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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427 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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428 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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429 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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430 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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431 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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432 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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433 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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434 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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435 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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436 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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437 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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438 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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439 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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440 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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441 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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442 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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443 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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444 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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445 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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446 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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447 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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448 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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449 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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450 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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451 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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452 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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453 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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454 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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455 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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456 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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457 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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458 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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459 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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460 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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461 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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462 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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463 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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464 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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465 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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466 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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467 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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468 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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469 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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470 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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471 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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472 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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473 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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474 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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475 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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476 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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477 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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478 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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479 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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480 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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481 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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482 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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483 jamar0303 November 18, 2008 at 10:07 am

@ShariC: Sure you can type Japanese on an English keyboard, but the symbols are what throw you off. I’ve been using imported Japanese laptops for the past few years and it’s disorienting going back and forth. The period, comma, and a couple other symbols are the same and that’s it. On the Japanese keyboards @ is its own key (Shift-2 is quote marks now), _ is Shift-, colon is a separate key too (* is shift-:), etc. The keys don’t match up to a US keyboard (physically) either.

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