Bring Back the ENGLISH Laptop Keyboard in Canada!!!!

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WHEREAS, the freedom of choice is a hallmark of consumer rights, and

WHEREAS, in Canada according to 2006 Census data 80\% of the Canadian public speaks ENGLISH or another language OTHER than french, and

WHEREAS in North America since the dawn of computing the QWERTY keyboard has remained unchanged until recently in CANADA:

WE THE UNDERSIGNED DEMAND THE DISCONTINUATION OF THE POLICY OF ONLY ALLOWING CANADIAN CONSUMERS THE OPTION OF PURCHASING *BILINGUAL* KEYBOARDS ON LAPTOP COMPUTERS.

This recently adopted policy amongst Canadian computer offerings has dictated to Canadian consumers that if they choose to buy a laptop in Canada that they must RE-LEARN how they type, or else \they} will have to live with \|characters >> that they did not intend to type in their documents!

The small left SHIFT key and the further spaced out ENTER key create (for anyone who KNOWS how to touch type on a QWERTY keyboard) a situation where it is nearly impossible to type as we have for YEARS without constant errors and difficulty.

THIS INSANITY HAS TO END! Go BACK to the way things were and offer a FRENCH version of keyboards that can be installed should someone WANT it. THE 80\% OF US IN CANADA WHO DO NOT USE THE FRENCH KEYS DO NOT WANT THIS EXTRA HASSLE!!!!

Yes, French iis an official language of Canada, but that doesn't mean we have to be forced to speak it or type it!!!

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  • John Stone
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    • AMEN. I refuse to buy a laptop now because I will not use this redesigned keyboard that is being forced on us!!!
  • bayan
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    • i support this sort of thing
  • Jose Antonio Tena
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    • PLEASE
  • Pierre Gervais
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    • Freedom of choice - don't make be cross border shop
  • Jesse Hutchinaon
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    • As Canadian consumers, we should be given the choice of keyboard layouts since we have two official languages. We should not be forced into using a layout that benefits such a small portion of the population.
  • Robert Best
  • Martin Farrelly
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    • This is the most ridiculous thing ever! I was so frustrated I returned my new laptop to Future Shop and drove to Buffalo and bought a proper laptop State side. So much for shopping Canadian. I would happy to have Quebec separate over this issue alone! Maudit Pepsi!!
  • Stan Hazell
  • Jeremie Dycki
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    • frustrating keyboard
  • Gurjeet Clair
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    • I no longer purchase laptops in Canada due to this.
  • Luke Cheuk
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    • This bilingual keyboard is not simply "inconvenient", it is UNUSEABLE to most touch typists
  • Pamela Tobin
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    • I had to return a computer with this keyboard because my hands are too small to reach the left shift
  • Chris Clarkson
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    • I refuse to buy any computer with a bilingual keyboard, but the options are becoming fewer and fewer...
  • ryan benson
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    • I can't use this damn keyboard - screw you Gateway!
  • Greg Cox
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    • I had to go all the way to the US to buy a laptop to bring back!
  • Doug Nash
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    • There are still some unilingual keyboards available but the choice is very limited. They should all be English with an optional key set.. What nonsense!
  • Clifford R Knutson
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    • Another reason for Canadians to cross border shop!
  • Shane
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    • It is ridiculous to force consumers who live in a majority English area to type on French keyboards
  • Cam
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    • Last time I checked the french lost the war in Canada.
  • Marcel Elderhorst
  • Aaron Barnhard
  • Rick Norian
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    • I want an ENGLISH KEYBOARD!!!
  • Robert Richards
  • Vicki McCullough
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    • I don't appreciate the stress of having to constantly adjust from a standard English PC keyboard to an entirely different laptop keyboard. Additionally, I have small hands and the leap from colon to Enter is NOT suitably functional for me. I will be looking to buy an English keyboard laptop!
  • camilla
  • Andrew
  • MR TIM LOCKE
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    • I will never carry bi-lingual keyboards in my store.
  • Jack Morgan
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    • WTF???
  • Eirene Gibbs
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    • returning this laptop and making a trip to USA
  • Rayman
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    • WHY??? I've never heard of a French Canadian complaining about the standard keyboard! There is no need to force the French crap on all of us!!!
  • Tracy Fadlallah
  • Dave Charbs
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    • I will never buy a laptop in Canada while this keyboard exists
  • William
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    • Everyone do this: Go to any Future Shop or Best Buy (etc.) where they offer a satisfaction or return policy. Open the box and then return it (so that it can't be resold as new). Tell the seller explicitly to inform the manufacturer that the laptop is unacceptable because of the keyboard. Hopefully there will be enough returns for the manufacturers to notice.
  • Karen Xu
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    • No one uses the bilingual keyboards
  • Adam D.
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    • I wish I could meet the guy / people implemanting the bilingual keyboard so that I could punch him / them in the face fro ruining it for the rest 95\% of us. I ended up buying and returning 6 laptops each at a different store just to make a point. Who needs / wants a billingual keyboard???? like 0.00000001\% what about the rest of us who have learned and got used to the US layout? I will never buy a machine with this keyboard! On the contrary I will keep buying/returning just to make a point!. Maybe they will get the point, though I doubt it.
  • Stephen Sabey
  • Serge Latulippe
  • Sudarsha Hewa
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    • I will not buy another laptop in Canada until a normal keyboard can be found on one.
  • Robb Stevenson
  • Daniel Kearney
  • Tally Berdugo
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    • It is utterly frustrating to change a keyboard and not inform anyone! I have a laptop that I can't stand to use. I'll buy my next one in the States next time ... Great job, I always support Canadian businesses when possibly but this forces Canadian consumers to buy their laptops in the US. Truly rediculous.
  • Trevor Kohlman
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    • I want the old Keyboard.
  • Gloris Hui
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    • The use of technology is supposed to help you work more efficiently but the new layout of this keyboard lowers typing speed, increases the errors you type and causes fustration.
  • brian kohlman
  • Chris Russell
  • Karin Carlson
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    • I would like the option to vote on this! When did this legislation get passed, and by whom? You are not representing MY interests, nor the interests of anyone I have asked.
  • Brian Sieben
  • Derek Mulhern
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    • I will never buy a computer with a bilingual keyboard. Ever.
  • Linnette Stoney
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    • It is very difficult going from the traditional keyboard at the office to a multi-lingual keyboard on the laptop, it affects my typing speed and accuracy significantly.
  • Rodney
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    • They already make them for the U.S. market. I think it is retailers not willing to carry 2 languages of the same model. I think it is the big box retailers' doing.