look at your keyboard: are there any letters wearing off?

moshquerade

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i have a cheapo Dell keyboard and the "S", "A", and "N" keys are already wearing off.
the black keyboard with white letters is only about 6 months old :|
 

Crucial

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None here. This keyboard is at least 5 years old. That reminds me I need to clean this thing.
 

tami

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at this point, no. but i've gotten a number of dell keyboards replaced (on my laptop) under warranty for a variety of reasons, and yes, all of them had worn-off keys...

 

Mr N8

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None wearing off on mine. Of course my laptop is almost a year old, but Dell did a good job with this keyboard. My Sony laptop was wearing after 1 year of use.
 

TheVrolok

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Dec 11, 2000
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The text on my right shift is wearing off.. and this keyboard is barely 4 months old ... some shoddy thing I bought when I had a problem with my previous kb.
 

Encryptic

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No, no letters wearing off here. Although the keys are a bit sticky....uh....never mind about that. :p
 

Kelemvor

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No but the right half of my space bar is nice and shiny... I don't use it with my left hand at all...
 

ITCHY96

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not on my computer but i do have two keys on my sidekick thats starting to rub off.
 

Savarak

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I've got a black IBM keyboard that I've had for many many years now, all keys are in perfect condition, letters are pristine. IBM makes quality keyboards. Model KB 9910
 

moshquerade

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Originally posted by: Savarak
I've got a black IBM keyboard that I've had for many many years now, all keys are in perfect condition, letters are pristine. IBM makes quality keyboards. Model KB 9910
i had a Gateway keyboard for 5yrs... yeh, sucky Gateway and never had a letter wear off.

 

Demon-Xanth

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Feb 15, 2000
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Nope, and I got an oldie. I have to occsionally clean it with some alcohol to get the grime off (I work in an engineering lab, dust is everywhere), but the letters are still there.
 

whalen

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It seems like girl owned computers/keyboards wear out faster. My girlfriends ~1yr old HP laptop had several letters worn off. The only thing i can think of is that she uses alot of hand lotion/hand sanitizer, which may possibly contribute to the wearing off.