I can type accents, cedillas, umlauts, tildas, etc. on my US
keyboard--so can you. I can switch keyboard language configurations with
one simple keyboard command. I wouldn't buy a strictly azerty
keyboard/notebook. Azerty is Belgian. If you can wait until July, I'll
check when I'm in France to see what's sold. [ ç á è ö ñ å ø ]
Where is this person? In France? Belgium? Quebec? Be sure they know they
can get a keyboard skin with different keyboard layout than what's
built-in when they want to switch. Are you sure they're not
bilingual/trilingual? Many people outside the US are.
If they never leave the house, sure, consider the azerty keyboard
version [ask them first], but they're likely to share the notebook when
vacationing in Ibiza or Izmir. Or they might leave the notebook at home
and use Internet cafés with local keyboards and be confused by those
keyboards.
Are the novice computer users ready to deal with Linux? Is it user
friendly enough? Can they get support? eeepc is very portable. Is it big
enough for home use? Good choice of software, though.
Betty
rlsimon escribió:
Thanks!
This is for a novice 100% french speaking family member and any english on
it will create havoc ...also, the azerty keyboard usually has some function
keys to create alpha with accents. I see ASUS has a digital drive small
webcam wifi linux device EEEPC which can be had with everything french
including preloaded firefox and open office, etc. ...any thoughts?
-----Original Message-----
From: b_s-wilk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: french
Before you invest in an azerty keyboard, find out how common it is where
you will be using the notebook--in Belgium, maybe? I've seen 1 azerty,
and many qwerty keyboards among French and Swiss users [I worked at a
Swiss company]. Ask first. And get a keyboard skin instead of a
dedicated foreign keyboard. My "Puerto Rican" keyboard drives me crazy
when I type in English!
Betty
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