keyboard quality: latitude vs lenovo consumer line (not thinkpad)

I know the TP keyboard is the industry standard (ymmv), but just hoping the difference b/t them and those of latitudes is at least not as marked as the drop in lenovo's own consumer line (ironically).

Lenovo tries to act like they use similiar "legendary" keyboard from the tp's in their description, but- and not even talking about the lack of trackpoint here- the N100 has quite a bit of flex (as you strike a key, you can actually see those adjacent to it depress a little), and almost mushy response, with no snick/snap, compared to my thinkpad.

I am not familiar with the latitude d series keyboard, so to those of you experienced with both- does the latitude (630) have a significantly more solid keyboard than that of lenovo's 3k series?

 

They're about the same.

Everyone else may disagree, but I actually liked the Lenovo 3000 keyboard better than the Thinkpad keyboards I tried. The 3000 felt very much like a Latitude keyboard. I think I slightly preferred the 3000 keyboard over the Latitude keyboard -- but I didn't test them side by side or anything so it's not the greatest comparison.

Edit: I didn't notice any flex on the 3000 N100 keyboard -- and I looked for it too. I have noticed flex on Thinkpad keyboards -- some more than others. There may very well be some variance among different units. The Latitude D620 I tried had no noticeable keyboard flex. Technically, I haven't tried a D630 -- but I doubt if they changed it since the D620.

To keep it in perspective though... all three are miles above, say, HP Pavilion keyboards, for example, and those in turn are miles above Acer and Toshiba keyboards.

 

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Wow. Thanks for your input.