Laptop - tactile key board

[dixiedog]

Having been a touch typist for many years (too many!) I am finding it difficult to source a laptop with a good keyboard. It's not the layout that's a problem, just the lack of response (ie feel and sound) which make is difficult for me to type at any speed.

Can anyone recommend a laptop that has a keyboard with this kind of feeback?

Many thanks

[VHG]

If you plan to use the laptop in one place, and you have room on your laptop table, then you can buy any USB keyboard and plug it in and use that.

A proper keyboard is certainly better to use than a flat laptop keyboard.

Lenovo (IBM) laptop keyboards have always been praised in the past.

[ChuckFickens]

as above, a USB keyboard would give the the best answer,

Other than that why not go to your local PC world and try the ones the have on display and see if any are to your liking.

[barry1010]

You may like the Vaio or Mac laptop keyboards. As suggested, try as many as you possibly can.

[ACtheTROLL]

it's like asking us which shoes will be comfiest for you

I agree that probably an external one is what you need ~(however you may find it easier to adapt than you think - we no longer gave typists - but some of our older laidies who used real manual machines at 100 wpm+ regularly destroy pc keyboards with their "positive touch" technique which can also be used to knock in nails

I think your safest bet is to tour the shops

comet, pc world etc have them all out on show ... you can have a go ... and move on before the sound of can I help echos down the isle

i'm a poke and hope typist ... but my old ps2 dell keyboard with a proper switch driven keyboard is far better than any of the new membrane jobbies (to me)

[rojash]

Here's my keyboard, with genuine UBM "buckling Spring" technology.

http://pckeyboards.stores.yahoo.net//customize r.html

[rojash]

IBM doh!

[ACtheTROLL]

was that a isb ubm keyboard?

[scotman]

Keyboards are a very individual preference. I find that most of the curent crop are like typing on jellybabies. Reminds me of Sinclair Spectrum. I have used one by Cherry since early 1990s and it is now on its third computer and looks and works as good as new