{"id":4074,"date":"2020-01-15T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=4074"},"modified":"2020-01-14T16:07:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T21:07:16","slug":"do-you-care-if-your-laptop-has-a-backlit-keyboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/15\/do-you-care-if-your-laptop-has-a-backlit-keyboard\/","title":{"rendered":"“Do you care if your laptop has a backlit keyboard?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(Answer requested by Elynn Quirk)<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally? Nope. Not at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I doubt I use my keyboard’s backlight even 0.1% of the time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019d probably feel differently if I were regularly using the laptop in situations with poor lighting. But if there\u2019s enough light to work, there\u2019s usually enough light for me to to see the keyboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Answer requested by Elynn Quirk) Personally? Nope. Not at all. I doubt I use my keyboard’s backlight even 0.1% of the time. I\u2019d probably feel differently if I were regularly using the laptop in situations with poor lighting. 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