Comments on: French Canadian keyboards. Nobody likes them and nobody wants them (except Quebec). http://jordan.schelew.com/2010/07/06/french-canadian-keyboards-nobody-likes-them-nobody-wants-them-except-quebec/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=french-canadian-keyboards-nobody-likes-them-nobody-wants-them-except-quebec security, automation, design, software, hardware, whatever Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:05:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jordan http://jordan.schelew.com/2010/07/06/french-canadian-keyboards-nobody-likes-them-nobody-wants-them-except-quebec/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Jordan Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:08:09 +0000 http://jordan.schelew.com/?p=238#comment-148 It's silly, but as far as I know, you can't find a stand-alone French Canadian keyboard here. It's a sign of the cost-cutting lengths that laptop manufacturers are willing to go to; they will ship all laptops destined for Canada with French Canadian keyboards simply to avoid the cost of having two different keyboards going to different locations. While I'm slowly starting to see more desktop computers coming with French Canadian keyboards as well (HP), not all manufacturers have started doing this for desktops yet. And of course, the stand-alone keyboard accessory manufacturers (Logitech, Microsoft) are doing it right, by only sihpping French keyboards to Quebec. This way, those looking to locally source a French Canadian keyboard anywhere outside of Quebec are usually out of luck. How odd. It’s silly, but as far as I know, you can’t find a stand-alone French Canadian keyboard here.

It’s a sign of the cost-cutting lengths that laptop manufacturers are willing to go to; they will ship all laptops destined for Canada with French Canadian keyboards simply to avoid the cost of having two different keyboards going to different locations.

While I’m slowly starting to see more desktop computers coming with French Canadian keyboards as well (HP), not all manufacturers have started doing this for desktops yet.

And of course, the stand-alone keyboard accessory manufacturers (Logitech, Microsoft) are doing it right, by only sihpping French keyboards to Quebec. This way, those looking to locally source a French Canadian keyboard anywhere outside of Quebec are usually out of luck.

How odd.

]]> By: Daniel AJ http://jordan.schelew.com/2010/07/06/french-canadian-keyboards-nobody-likes-them-nobody-wants-them-except-quebec/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Daniel AJ Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:34:58 +0000 http://jordan.schelew.com/?p=238#comment-145 So where in Halifax can I buy a PC keyboard with French Canadian layout? (Not for a laptop but for a normal PC, USB-connection.) Noone seems to have them in stock. I want one! Or two, if the price is good. :-) So where in Halifax can I buy a PC keyboard with French Canadian layout? (Not for a laptop but for a normal PC, USB-connection.) Noone seems to have them in stock. I want one! Or two, if the price is good. :-)

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