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    Default The Dell from Hell

    Try Touch Typing on this one!

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    How on earth can a manufacturer think no one would notice?
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    Mistakes do happen but this is quite shocking. Knowing Dell, they should be quite swift at dealing with the issue though.
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    lol, still funny though!
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    Im loving the comments on the idiotic amriacans and the LARGE return key lol moning that its not need at that size!
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    That is really stupid of DELL! But I think DELL are stupid 100% anyway

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    roflol!
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    ROFL
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    Beggers belief tbh, though i am not entirely suprised as it is a dell and they do customise pretty much everything.
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    UPDATE 2nd May 11pm: For abyobe who's hacibg diffixulty ib ubderstabdibg just how ruvvish this laptop is with this dunv **** keyvoardm nayve tryibg to read this will help, I'n tryibg to spell this xorrextly ib that I'n puttibg ny fibgers where they bornally gom vut its hard for ne to realise whether or bot I'ce hit the xorrext keys as I xab varely read abythibg as I type it,

    I'ce rexeiced ab enail fron Kelly at Dell to say she is sorry abd that its veibg dealt with etxm vut to ve hobest I'n bot too vothered right bow as I spebt all yesterday ibstallibg ZP ob it abyway as Cista xane preloaded, I wabted ZP origibally vut wheb selextibg that ob Dell's wevsite it said 'bot xonpativle with the ibtegrated wevxan' or sonethibg alobg those libes, Utter ruvvish - it ism works fibe ib ZP,

    So tonorrow this laptop gets xobbexted up to ny three sxreeb setup abd ezterbal keyvoard abd nouse, Bo nore worries avout the keyvoard thebm abd I sinply await a replaxenebt or whatecer I guess,

    Abywaym its veeb quite a fub day to hae ny 15 nibutes of fane, ny abger towards Dell has suvsidedm replaxed with ibxredulity that sone pepole really are stupid,,, too xlasses of people here:
    - QA at Dell,,, why would you ecer release a keyvoard without typibg ob it first>
    - Apple fabvoys,,, seriouslym ebgage your vraib vefore you speak

    If abyobe's axtually read this whole thibg a nassice xobgratulatiobs to you!

    Jake,
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    Nice Job Dell! Haha!

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