Question about Jes Laptop

PowerHouseDan

http://www.jes-computer.de/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=156_130&products_id=16241
i am going ordering this and it comes with Xp pro will that be in german and will i have to install my own Eng version i no the keys are different,what is a Smart drive

Ardent

I don't know the answer to your question but let us know how you get on with this laptop. It's an amazing price.

PowerHouseDan

Ya its a savage price there about 650 sterling

Col_Loki

Watch out , think the keyb might be german........... ie mixed up keys when compared to qwerty ones (slightly different i think).

PowerHouseDan

the @ and and " are the other way round easy enough to fix

Ardent

How do you fix that (you can see I'm serioously considering buying one of these!)? Is it a case of replacing the keys?

Col_Loki

Ahh if thats the only thing then your sorted, thats nothing at all!!

RobertFoster

Originally posted by COL_LOKI
Ahh if thats the only thing then your sorted, thats nothing at all!!

what other things could "arise" from getting a German laptop?

Col_Loki

Things that come to mind would be....

German Software and you will prob need one of those little power adapters to plug it in (think there pretty common, most electrical shops have em). Other than the Keyb i cant think of anything else TBH

PowerHouseDan

the only different its those keys i think and that the xp is german so wil have to us your own xp disk,which also isent a prob def going to order one within the week and some mulla first,why pay 900 for one off dell when its crap

PowerHouseDan

http://uk.insight.com/apps/productpresentation/index.php?product_id=FJSYA03RJ3 and english insight of things,

savemejebus

does a german keyboard not have more differences than " and @. I would have thought that some other keys (usually z and p or q)would be different not to mention the fact that it would have keys like this :ä ö

PowerHouseDan

http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~tphillip/GermanKeyboardLayout.html
seems you are right

savemejebus

it's only a problem if you touch type and you can get used to it (been there done that tshirt etc), plus i'm sure you could set up xp so that the keyboard layout responds to the english key positions. and use a ps2 keyboard when you're at home/desk with the machine.

otherwise if you'r looking for a german laptop bargain try computeruniverse as they do english keyboard machines iirc

PowerHouseDan

http://www.jes-computer.de/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=16185
was goin to order that before but first come first serve was to late