The Key to Maintaining Your Laptop
Walk into most homes and almost every business on the planet and you’re sure to find a laptop or two laying around. These days laptops and their less-expensive offspring are more popular than any other type of computer on the market with lower cost and mobility being two of the main reasons for their popularity. However, being less expensive and mobile also means that they are subject to a lot more damaging wear and tear, especially to the keyboard. Fear not because broken keys on your laptop are easily replaced and for a lot less money than you probably thought.
What was once a very costly, though unquestionably useful offshoot of the desktop computer, the laptop, is now a cost-effective alternative to its stationary forefather. Like so many other high tech gadgets, equipment and electronics, the cost of owning a laptop has decreased significantly over time while at the same time less-expensive spin-offs of the original design have also infiltrated the market. The result has been an exponential increase in ownership of these tote-able data and communication centers. You can’t walk into a Starbucks, Panera or any other coffee shop in the world and not find a good many patrons of these establishments parked in front of their laptop while sipping their designer beverage of choice.
However, with greater numbers of these mobile, less expensive laptops flying out of Best Buy, Staples, and Computer World every day the need to service and repair them has also grown. In particular, the keyboards of these devices are constantly and continually being stressed to their maximum limits, the result being that a very useful computer is no longer useful, and all because of a damaged key or two. The fix in most cases involves sending the laptop back to the manufacturer to have the entire keyboard replaced or try to install a new keyboard yourself as long as you trust your technical abilities. If you think you are up to the task you can buy a replacement keyboard and install it yourself for about $40, which will save some money as long as you know what you’re doing. If you send your laptop back to the manufacturer a total keyboard replacement can cost upwards of $200, which will make most people wince before biting the bullet, packing and shipping. However, the best alternative these days are replacement keys, which are reliable, functional, and much, much less costly.
Unbeknownst to most laptop owners is that you can indeed replace the individual keys on your laptop. Rarely do you need to replace the entire keyboard, unless of course the nature of the malfunction is much more extensive. The cost of a laptop key replacement kit is less than $5 and the keys are easily replaced by anyone, no matter your level of technical or mechanical ability.
If you doubt your ability to replace your laptop keys on your own consider the cost of having someone charge you a great deal more for repairs that you probably don’t really need, to say nothing of the fact that most companies that sell keyboard key replacements also provide step-by-step instructions to assist you in the process. Laptop key replacement companies have extensive websites that provide a complete list of the brand of laptop keys they carry, pricing, and do-it-yourself instructions. From Acer, Alienware and Apple to Samsung, Sony, Toshiba and all laptop makers in between, you can find replacements for any key damage your laptop might have, which will save you a great deal of money, to say nothing of the wasted and annoying downtime while waiting for your laptop to be returned after costly and probably unnecessary repairs from a manufacturer.
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