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Chinese or Thai?

Poll Results: Thai or Chinese?

 
  • 64% (96)
    Thai!
  • 35% (52)
    Chinese!
148 Total Votes  
post #1 of 67
3/26/05 at 8:29pm
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It's been a long time since we've had a poll. What, like an hour? So, tell us which keyboard your 9300/XPS2 came with and how you like it.

The Thai keyboard has no distinguishing marks, but the Chinese keyboard has rivets on both sides of the "B" key like this:

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post #2 of 67
3/26/05 at 8:48pm
I guess mine is Thai... no rivets. I like it.
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post #3 of 67
3/26/05 at 8:50pm
now i can see people returning their comp's cause they dont like the keyboards. well at least i dont think anyones mentioned which one is better.

does it sparkle btw.
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post #4 of 67
3/26/05 at 8:51pm
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Yeah, I'm trying to cause another return/exchange stampede. BTW, Thai rules!
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post #5 of 67
3/26/05 at 8:56pm
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Originally Posted by chemicalali
now i can see people returning their comp's cause they dont like the keyboards. well at least i dont think anyones mentioned which one is better.

does it sparkle btw.
Hell yeah, I got the Chinese, the Thai must be better. I think those divots around the B are messing me up and giving me an aneurism and they cause a sparkling to come out of the keyboard, no less.

I want an ENGLISH keyboard, I don't understand all them funny pictures on the Thai and Chinese keys.

I like the keyboard, though, really. It's pretty nice, an improvement of my Sony. I suck badly at UT now for the moment until I can adapt to the new position of some keys.

But I don't see what you're getting out of the poll. Are you just asking in the poll which one you got, or which one you like? I "voted" the one that I got, since obviously my replacement keyboard that I just ordered as soon as I found out that there was another options hasn't gotten here yet for me to compare.

I don't understand how there can be 2 options for the same thing so much. I thought that laptop parts were more proprietary than that. And even barring that, that Dell would be able to negotiate the best price by buying all the keyboards from one vendor for a particular notebook model. Can someone explains me please?
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post #6 of 67
3/26/05 at 9:01pm
Its a plesure typing on the Thai keyboards, I have never ever felt this away about a keyboard, I type without looking at the keyboard, before i got the laptop I couldnt do that hahaha, the keys are bigger now weird.
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post #7 of 67
3/26/05 at 9:03pm
Your picture of the VBN keys is showing some real strange color patterns. I would call it a "marbling" effect. I would return it and demand solid black keys.

Or maybe they can send you out just the V B and N keys and you can replace them yourself.
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post #8 of 67
3/26/05 at 9:05pm
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Originally Posted by Protean
Its a plesure typing on the Thai keyboards, I have never ever felt this away about a keyboard, I type without looking at the keyboard, before i got the laptop I couldnt do that hahaha, the keys are bigger now weird.
I know what you mean. I did my taxes on the LG screen, but then I redid them on the Samsung, entered all the same data and ended up getting $2000 more back when using the Samsung. It's just better all around.
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post #9 of 67
3/26/05 at 9:06pm
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Please, no more mention of taxes on this thread. I was just about to order some Thai food, and now I've lost my appetite.
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post #10 of 67
3/26/05 at 9:15pm
The Thai keyboard is 1000% better than the Chinese one. Out of the few 9200/9300's I've had, I only got it in two of them and will definitely swap it in whichever I keep. The difference is huge - night and day. The Thai keyboard is tight, quiet, responsive and springy. The Chinese one is clacky, not as springy and feels cheap. I discovered this on my own with the 9200's months ago, so my observations are not out of forum paranoia.
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post #11 of 67
3/26/05 at 9:17pm
I want OZ keyboard ... where can I get one? Can I vote too? :P
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post #12 of 67
3/26/05 at 9:17pm
Yeah, we did our taxes today and my GF is getting back 10x more than I owe... luckily she offered to pay mine as well.
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post #13 of 67
3/26/05 at 9:19pm
i have the chinese keyboard in my 8600. i came home early from work one day and i found it smoking my cigar, wearing my favorite shirt and in bed with my wife.
i find holy water and garlic works best . for gods sake if u get the chineses keyboard, destroy it.
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post #14 of 67
3/26/05 at 9:20pm
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Is your GF Thai or Chinese, and can you post some pictures?
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post #15 of 67
3/26/05 at 9:27pm
Like I said in another thread, I actually prefer the Chinese keyboard. I have two 9300's sitting here side by side. One with a Thai keyboard and the other has the Chinese keyboard. The Thai keyboard is quieter and has a softer feel, but the Chinese keyboard seems to be sturdier and has a better feel when you type on it. On the Thai keyboard the keys seem to flex much more than the Chinese keys do if you hit them off center. If you have the Thai keyboard try pressing on just the corner of one of the arrow keys or the left alt key and you'll see that it bends quite a bit before the key actually depresses.
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post #16 of 67
3/26/05 at 9:29pm
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Originally Posted by sonicwind
I don't understand how there can be 2 options for the same thing so much. I thought that laptop parts were more proprietary than that. And even barring that, that Dell would be able to negotiate the best price by buying all the keyboards from one vendor for a particular notebook model. Can someone explains me please?
Who knows, it may very well be a keyboard supplier has two plants (China and Thailand).
Another scenario, one of the 9200 orders was delayed, and they sourced out another supplier at the last minute to make the lappy ship date. Then the delayed order arrived later. And now 9300 is in production, Dell will use them all (we know Dell's notion of "same product" per spec).
This may be why we have two Asian flovors at our finger tips. I think this is a minor mystery.

P.S. Dell could just sharpie the rivets so they appear the same visually (same logic as slapping on a glossy finish on the LCD). It is so easy for Dell to make something the same and different at the same time. Thanx to forums like this to act as check-&-balance, or consumer awareness.
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post #17 of 67
3/26/05 at 9:30pm
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I haven't taken the keyboards apart, but I believe the Thai uses a plastic cylinder as the mechanism. That explains why it is so quiet. I'm pretty sure this is very similar to the mechanism IBM uses for their thinkpad keyboards.

I think the Chinese keyboard uses the more traditional metal hinge. Sure, it'll keep it from moving side-to-side, but to me it's all about key action.
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post #18 of 67
3/26/05 at 9:34pm
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Originally Posted by sonicwind
But I don't see what you're getting out of the poll. Are you just asking in the poll which one you got, or which one you like? I "voted" the one that I got, since obviously my replacement keyboard that I just ordered as soon as I found out that there was another options hasn't gotten here yet for me to compare.

I don't understand how there can be 2 options for the same thing so much. I thought that laptop parts were more proprietary than that. And even barring that, that Dell would be able to negotiate the best price by buying all the keyboards from one vendor for a particular notebook model. Can someone explains me please?
I just wanted to see what the distribution of vendors was, and what the odds of getting one over the other were. Dell would be crazy to use a single source for any component that they can multi-source. What if their single-source supplier was hit by a Tsunami, for example?
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post #19 of 67
3/26/05 at 9:43pm
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Originally Posted by Sowelu
The Thai keyboard is 1000% better than the Chinese one. Out of the few 9200/9300's I've had, I only got it in two of them and will definitely swap it in whichever I keep. The difference is huge - night and day. The Thai keyboard is tight, quiet, responsive and springy. The Chinese one is clacky, not as springy and feels cheap. I discovered this on my own with the 9200's months ago, so my observations are not out of forum paranoia.
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Originally Posted by johare
Like I said in another thread, I actually prefer the Chinese keyboard. I have two 9300's sitting here side by side. One with a Thai keyboard and the other has the Chinese keyboard. The Thai keyboard is quieter and has a softer feel, but the Chinese keyboard seems to be sturdier and has a better feel when you type on it. On the Thai keyboard the keys seem to flex much more than the Chinese keys do if you hit them off center. If you have the Thai keyboard try pressing on just the corner of one of the arrow keys or the left alt key and you'll see that it bends quite a bit before the key actually depresses.
I refuse to participate any further on this topic. La la la, la la, I can't hear you...
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post #20 of 67
3/26/05 at 9:45pm
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Originally Posted by dellbert
What if their single-source supplier was hit by a Tsunami, for example?
I think that's pretty unlikely, don't you?
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