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I don't think the 560 comes with an international warranty if purchased in the
States/Canada. If I'm not mistaken, the 3 year international warranty is only
available on IBM's high end notebooks, namely the 700 series. When I travelled
to Europe (Ireland), IBM repaired my 720 without any questions asked and even
provided with a spare while I was working there. Although I've heard many
people bash IBM's service, I think there are worse vendors out there.
As for the British pound symbol, Windows 95 can offer the UK keyboard layout if
that is what your friend is used to using. International keyboard layouts are
available and easily configurable.
... patrick
> At 10:11 AM 10/24/97 HST, you wrote:
> >(2) How does he get the pound sign? (I assume that the Windows95 British
> English
> > setting will reassign some character to the pound - but, if it is the US
> dollar
> > sign, what happens to programs like TeX which use this symbol?)
>
> I don't really know, but I had always assumed that the Pound Sign (#) would be
> converted to the Pound Sign (£). I'm pretty sure I've seen keyboard layouts
> that had the Pound Sterling symbol as Shift-3.
>
> Actually, my guess is that they would (assuming the use of Win95) be using the
> appropriate keyboard layout, as defined in the Language setting of the
> Keyboard properties in the Control Panel. He would pretty much ignore the
> legend actually screened onto the physical keys. (I'd suggest a few removable
> labels, with the "true" meanings, until he gets used to them.) -- Ron.
>
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