Backlight keyboard on MacBook 2,0 GHz possible?

Hello everyone!
I need to go to an apple service point because of my leaning F-Key and I just asked myself if it would be possible, to add the backlight to the keyboard ?
What do you think?
Actually, I thought I wouldn´t need it but after working some houres on my gf´s MacBook (with backlight KB), I really DO want it
cheers
romano

Well, to be honest, nothing is impossible.
Whether you pay apple a crazy amount of money to do it for you,
or you pay a crazy amount of money for a third party to it for you...
At the end of the day it will not be worth getting into.
You really should have purchased the 2.4ghz sorry

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