im in love...

[Fantatier]

here it is (http://www.toshibadirect.com/td/b2c/cmod.to?seg=HHO&coid=-26373&sel=0&rcid=-26367&ccid=1291021)


i soo need that,
ive been playing with it the last 2 days on the CeBit, and i need this
i dont think i can ever be happy again without it...

[edit]
prices

toshiba.de
3199€

toshiba.co.uk
1721€

toshiba.com
1274€

why is germany nearly 3 times as expencive as the US? :mad:

[rhsunderground]

that's pretty nice, not gonna lie.

[gorky]

Yep, she's a keeper.

The probable reason about Germany is that it is not crafted, assembled, or main-stream distributed there. It's harder and more expensive to sell a product in a region that has nothing to do with the production of that product. Different areas have integrated themselves into different industries. At least that's my take on it.

-Gorky

[Fantatier]

the thing is made in china anyway as far as im informed

[gorky]

Hmm... maybe it's a typo, or maybe they're racist or something or don't trade as well with Germany. Either way, if you really want it, cant you buy it and have it shipped to someone you know in the US and then have them mail it ot you First Class?

[Fang]

Just pop over the border; it's available here for ±1500 €

[smercer]

Originally posted by Fantatier
why is germany nearly 3 times as expencive as the US? :mad:
I have been reading lately that it could be the money value. Germany needs to keep importing its oil which brings down their ecconermy, because they do not have oil reserves they have to import, and because oil and petrol is so expensive, well that says it all.

I do not want to hijack another thread and do not want to start another politcal debate here, so sorry if I did.

[smercer]

Originally posted by Fang
Just pop over the border; it's available here for ±1500 €
You two could make a deal Fantatier pays Fang the money Fang buys it and mails it to Fantatier.

If anything goes wrong like they do with ebay please do not blame me as I was only suggesting.

[Fang]

Fantatier is only 100 miles from the border

[smercer]

Originally posted by Fang
Fantatier is only 100 miles from the border
Was not quite sure of his geological location, but 100 miles is about a 4 hour drive isn't it (which is expensive in petrol money)? and would he have to wait for a passport if he does not have one?

[Fang]

less than 2 hours and no passport required in the European Community

[smercer]

Originally posted by Fang
less than 2 hours and no passport required in the European Community
Ok then, no worries.

[Fantatier]

i even have good friends in holland, so i could have it maild to me

:) thanx for the heads up fang

one question though, do dutch habe a choice of keyboard, ie if they want
äöü on it?

fang
could you give me the link to a few dutch resellers?!

[Fang]

None of the site mention the standard keyboard type, but I saw on toshiba.nl the price list mentioning external and internal(??) keyboards for less than €50

[Fantatier]

Originally posted by Fang
None of the site mention the standard keyboard type, but I saw on toshiba.nl the price list mentioning external and internal(??) keyboards for less than €50

fang where did you see it for 1500
i can only find 1800 cheapest...

[Fang]

http://www.de-laptopper.nl/index.php?file_id=2117 ex tax
and http://www.kelkoo.nl/b/a/ss_toshiba_m200.html

[smercer]

Originally posted by Fantatier
one question though, do dutch habe a choice of keyboard, ie if they want
äöü on it?

I know that if you have rearranged the keys on a Qwerty Keyboard so that it's a Dvorak, You can tell Windows its a Dvorak and Windows will readjust. However I do not know if it would work with international keyboards with symbols like what you are after.

[gorky]

Originally posted by smercer
I know that if you have rearranged the keys on a Qwerty Keyboard so that it's a Dvorak, You can tell Windows its a Dvorak and Windows will readjust. However I do not know if it would work with international keyboards with symbols like what you are after.
Woah, that's NEATO! How do you do that?

-Gorky

[smercer]

Originally posted by gorky
Woah, that's NEATO! How do you do that?

-Gorky

which part?

To take the keys out, you need a small leaver to pry them loose.

I am using Windows Xp, so to tell it which keyboard you want it configure as:

To change without re-installing:
Regional and Language Options->"Languages" tab->"Details" button->"Add" button->"Keyboard Layout/IME" tickbox->
You then choose the keyboard "United States-Dvorak" to change it to a dvorak keyboard. (a German keyboard is also chooseable)
click Ok and there should be two entries under "keyboard" now but the one you just entered is not bold, this is because it is not the default, you need to click on the one you had before (which should be bold) and click on remove. restart your system, and you have your wish.

I just tested this and it works. Before it was just a rumour that one of my teachers told me, Now we know it works.


I think you can do it when you re-install windows XP, and it asks you what language you use and what keyboard you are using. But the problem doing it like this is that before you get to the screen where you change it, you need to press keys like "Y" for yes, "Q" for quit, "N" for No, so it can be confusing because the computer does not know you are using a Dvorak instead of Qwerty.

if you are using Win 95/98, You do it somewhere in the language options but its been a while since I last used Win 98 so I can only make a vague guess.

something that might turn you off doing this is that you go to work and they have all qwerty keyboards and you come home and you have a Dvorak, you would get used to the one at home (or whichever you use most), If your boss says yes to changing the keyboards then you should not have a problem with that. But you would still have a problem going from the different keyboards when you go to public places etc.