Ask HN : best laptop keyboard

Posted by rahulgarg on Friday July 18, 2008 @06:06AM
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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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Re:Ask HN : best laptop keyboard by senthil_rajasek on Friday July 18, 2008 @06:12AM (#249586)

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.

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Re:Ask HN : best laptop keyboard by brk on Friday July 18, 2008 @07:18AM (#249624)

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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Re:Ask HN : best laptop keyboard by rahulgarg on Friday July 18, 2008 @06:16AM (#249588)

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

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Re:Ask HN : best laptop keyboard by gtani on Friday July 18, 2008 @08:51AM (#249672)

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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Re:Ask HN : best laptop keyboard by cujo on Friday July 18, 2008 @11:08AM (#249801)

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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Re:Ask HN : best laptop keyboard by sh1mmer on Friday July 18, 2008 @10:39AM (#249768)

Macbook Pros have excellent keyboard and Apple of course now sell the one from the Macbook as a separate desk keyboard which is also excellent.

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Re:Ask HN : best laptop keyboard by rahulgarg on Friday July 18, 2008 @11:59AM (#249857)

Is this one portable? I do use an external keyboard when I can but mine is too big to carry.

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Re:Ask HN : best laptop keyboard by sh1mmer on Saturday July 19, 2008 @06:57PM (#250949)

Well obviously the one built into the computer is ;)

The other one is thin but not really portable. It's just nice to get the same feel on a desktop keyboard, it has nice feedback. I'm so over model M keyboards now. sigh

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Re:Ask HN : best laptop keyboard by icey on Friday July 18, 2008 @09:35AM (#249708)

I've used Macbook, Dell and Thinkpad keyboards extensively. The Thinkpad is my favorite by a long shot.

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Re:Ask HN : best laptop keyboard by alnayyir on Friday July 18, 2008 @08:15PM (#250355)

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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