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Buying a new macbook alunimium with Spanish Keyboard. Can I change it?
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You can easily change the keyboard through OS X, but physically changing it would void your warranty as MysticMage said. My suggestion would be to buy a silicon skin with the English keys printed on it, change the layout in OS X, and don't worry about doing the physical mod.
I don't get it? What's the point of buying a macbook in Spanish if you want the English version?
Depending upon the layout, it actually might not fit in the topcase.
For example, I don't believe the british english and american english keyboards are interchangeable for some reason.
For example, I don't believe the british english and american english keyboards are interchangeable for some reason.
I don't think that will be possible since the layouts have different sized keys, e.g., the return key. The perforations on the case will be different, hence incompatible.
You could always try to switch it in Mac OS, it's quite simple... Or just get used to the Spanish one, it's not that different, you know? It gives you the flexibility of being able to punctuate and spell correctly in Spanish... while retaining most (if not all) of the English layout functionality.
You could always try to switch it in Mac OS, it's quite simple... Or just get used to the Spanish one, it's not that different, you know? It gives you the flexibility of being able to punctuate and spell correctly in Spanish... while retaining most (if not all) of the English layout functionality.
Why and where did you buy a macbook with a spanish keyboard why not just get one with an english keyboard?
Thanks for the response guys. I have a online job and needed a computer asap..I'm in Mexico and my computer got stolen...and I had to buy one while I'm here. Anyways I got used to the keys and everything even with the spanish physical keyboard I just memorize the english keys. The mac genius at the apple store here in mexico said its possible to change the whole case to an english keyboard but it would cost around 300 dollars here...maybe cheaper in the US.
I swear with the old macbooks it was a case of popping the keys off and replacing them with new ones?
With the chiclet style keys that the unibody MB uses, I don't think this is possible.