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Zero dollars! Woo!!!

I think I should have gotten it replaced. I just felt like I would get the same terrible keyboard, but I now realize it would have been better for a while, and that would have been good for productivity. Ah well. (I used an external keyboard but got it out less than half the time.)

This adds insult to injury.

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Definitely take advantage of these programs when they're available in the future, I don't think this is the first time they've paid out to people who used the replacement program.

I don't think I'll need them. I'm switching to Linux.

Good luck with your Linux keyboard?

I'd imagine they're switching off Apple devices too. Perhaps to a manufacturer that doesn't rivet the keyboard to the top case making it stupidly hard for mere mortals to replace without replacing the whole top case. Like ThinkPads. I did that. Even stuck a Japanese keyboard in my W520 for like $30 for funsies and extra thumb keys.

I replaced a bunch of Dell laptop keyboards in 2006. Easy peasy.

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