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Ask HN : best laptop keyboard

#1
Extremely frustrated with my HP laptop keyboard. Briefly used a gateway laptop and even the gateway had a better keyboard. Any suggestions on a laptop with a good keyboard?

Thinkpads supposedly have the best laptop keyboards. Any others?

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#3

The one on my (little over a year old) macbook pro. Its the best. Sadly, the 'delicate' mouse button broke and the Geniuses (no pun intended) at my local apple store can't locate my extended warranty.

Thanks for the tip. Will checkout macbook pros at a local store.

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#4

The one on my (little over a year old) macbook pro. Its the best. Sadly, the 'delicate' mouse button broke and the Geniuses (no pun intended) at my local apple store can't locate my extended warranty.

I've been very satisfied my the MBP keyboard also. I even found that I got used to the MB keyboard quite easily (I have 1 of each).

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#5

The one on my (little over a year old) macbook pro. Its the best. Sadly, the 'delicate' mouse button broke and the Geniuses (no pun intended) at my local apple store can't locate my extended warranty.

Thanks for the tip. Will checkout macbook pros at a local store.

i actually like the macbook/MB Air KB (i think they're similar if not the smae) better than MBP. But the fullsize Apple wired keyboard is light and durable enough to carry around in a backpack with you, and the keys have the feel of the macbook KB.

Keyboard fix: call Apple. Lots of times employees in Apple stores are too busy to spend the time it would take to properly diagnose a problem .

non-apple product: in the US, hit big box stores, Costco, Office Max, best buy, pound on the keys, look at displays carefully. You have to spend time with a laptop to discern if the KB, display, heat, fan noise, etc are all tolerable in your workspaces. Those are my top deal-killers (always carry a couple mice around with me, never use trackpads, ) Some places (Costco, target) have 90-day return policies

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#8
I like both my macbook pro and thinkpad keyboards, but the thinkpad keyboard feels nicer to me. The keys seem to have a bit more travel and is just feels good.

Both are solid though and I don't mind the mbp one. I just prefer the thinkpad one.

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#10
My Dell Inspiron 600m has a keyboard that I would consider better than passable by my standards, but I'm supremely finicky about my keyboards. I'd give it a 7/10 for feel.

I'm unusually fast on it for a laptop keyboard as well, it seems well-laid out.

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