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Laptop recommendation for Keyboard and Trackpad

Laptop recommendation for Keyboard and Trackpad

I am shopping for a new laptop and am focused on the keyboard and trackpad -- both for reliability and usability. I'm coming off of a Macbook Pro which has failed me. I had continual issues with the keyboard and trackpad locking up.

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Guest [Entry]

Have been a PC support tech in the commercial and industrial markets for 9 years, and institutional market before that for 10 years. For my money, best laptop keyboards and touchpads come from HP, period. No competition - full stop. When I get to the point where money is no longer an object, it will be HP all the way. The issue with unknowingly touching the pad while typing is a pretty universal problem among us less-than-perfect typists. You can combat this either through device settings for the touchpad, which often provide "accidental-touch-tolerance" settings, or using a little freeware program called TouchFreeze. TF has no settings whatsoever, but seems to do the job.
Guest [Entry]

Toshiba has plenty of great 15" and 17" satellite laptops. And, if your Macbook Pro is still under warranty take it to the Apple Store for repairs. No need to waste a computer :)
Guest [Entry]

Some people don't like the new Lenovo keyboards, but the one on my W500 is pretty nice. The trackpad will probably be on the small side for you given that you're probably used to the massive one on the MacBooks, but having the choice between a trackpad and the red "nipple" pointer between G and H is cool.