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02-03-2018, 09:02 PM
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Does your laptop have individually backlit keys?

I find that I can't do without this feature now, and not just at night-time but in the day to compose emails and post in forums: it's almost as though the keys aren't there if they're not lit up.

Yet I used to manage fine, or perhaps I put the lights on earlier
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02-03-2018, 09:05 PM
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Re: Does your laptop have individually backlit keys?

Hey Ffosse, I have a mac air and the keys have a light behind them. It is nice. It is a blue light on mine. I would be lost without it as I like to lay in bed at night and be on my laptop in the dark.
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02-03-2018, 09:06 PM
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Re: Does your laptop have individually backlit keys?

Yes I'd hate to not have them, my keyboard gave up the ghost a while ago so my grandson handed me his old one and told me to use it. It has a button on it that changes the colours behind the lights lol. I wasn't expecting that.
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02-03-2018, 09:08 PM
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Re: Does your laptop have individually backlit keys?

I've got the smallest MacBook, the 12 and I'd be lost without the individually lit keys. It's hard to believe that it cost me less than the new iPhone.
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02-03-2018, 09:34 PM
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Re: Does your laptop have individually backlit keys?

No I don't and every evening it gets to that point whether to close the blinds and turn the lights on or struggle to see the keyboard.
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03-03-2018, 09:30 AM
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Re: Does your laptop have individually backlit keys?

Originally Posted by Ffosse ->
I find that I can't do without this feature now, and not just at night-time but in the day to compose emails and post in forums: it's almost as though the keys aren't there if they're not lit up.

Yet I used to manage fine, or perhaps I put the lights on earlier
No thank goodness, that would drive me crazy. I put on a light if I need to see it more clearly.
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03-03-2018, 10:19 AM
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Re: Does your laptop have individually backlit keys?

My laptop (Lenovo) has a light built in which can shine on to the keys. However my visiting brother had a 10" Dell laptop with an illuminated keyboard.

I was very impressed; it is a feature I will definitely be looking for in my next laptop.
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03-03-2018, 10:23 AM
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Re: Does your laptop have individually backlit keys?

Wow you all have posh laptops. These days I always buy the cheapest model that does what I want. Have had too many posh ones crash and burn.
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03-03-2018, 11:34 AM
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Re: Does your laptop have individually backlit keys?

Yes my Mac lights up

Tara, it’s not a bright glaring light, it’s just like the keys become glow in the dark. Great for those of us who aren’t touch typists
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03-03-2018, 11:39 AM
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Re: Does your laptop have individually backlit keys?

Originally Posted by Missy ->
Yes my Mac lights up

Tara, it’s not a bright glaring light, it’s just like the keys become glow in the dark. Great for those of us who aren’t touch typists
I would still dislike it.
 
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