Reader Question: Can you recommend a mechanical keyboard with Spanish layout?
Q: Can you recommend a mechanical keyboard with Spanish layout?
(question inspired by question on /r/mechanicalkeyboards by Azkarel)
A: Generally speaking, keyboards that are NOT ANSI or ISO are hard to find. And within ISO, you have the more exotic layouts, like AZERTY, QWERTZ, and so on. Spanish requires the character Ñ and other special Spanish characters. Norwegian and Swedish require even more characters. It is probably easier to order locally, where vendors order keyboards already in the local flavor.
On the other hand, Chinese keyboard makers are ready to sell you almost anything... if you got the $$$. The trick is finding them in retail channels. And that's where Aliexpress.com comes in. Think of Aliexpress as the "export" storefront of Alibaba, the largest e-Commerce site in the world. They operate TMall and Taobao. TMall is for companies, while Taobao is almost like eBay buy-now storefronts. If you want it exported to your country, get on Aliexpress.
After a bit of searching, I found this ACGAM RGB keyboard that claims to have English, Spanish, Italian, German, AND French versions available, with Outemu blue switches. I don't know if it's any good though. It could be crap, but at least, we know it exists.
NOTE: If you have any questions for CMKB, send it to cmkbs(at)yahoo(dot)com with subject QUESTION.
(question inspired by question on /r/mechanicalkeyboards by Azkarel)
A: Generally speaking, keyboards that are NOT ANSI or ISO are hard to find. And within ISO, you have the more exotic layouts, like AZERTY, QWERTZ, and so on. Spanish requires the character Ñ and other special Spanish characters. Norwegian and Swedish require even more characters. It is probably easier to order locally, where vendors order keyboards already in the local flavor.
On the other hand, Chinese keyboard makers are ready to sell you almost anything... if you got the $$$. The trick is finding them in retail channels. And that's where Aliexpress.com comes in. Think of Aliexpress as the "export" storefront of Alibaba, the largest e-Commerce site in the world. They operate TMall and Taobao. TMall is for companies, while Taobao is almost like eBay buy-now storefronts. If you want it exported to your country, get on Aliexpress.
After a bit of searching, I found this ACGAM RGB keyboard that claims to have English, Spanish, Italian, German, AND French versions available, with Outemu blue switches. I don't know if it's any good though. It could be crap, but at least, we know it exists.
NOTE: If you have any questions for CMKB, send it to cmkbs(at)yahoo(dot)com with subject QUESTION.
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