Keyboards

For me (I'm in the UK, BTW) a key factor in buying a Notebook (and yes, I'm looking) is the keyboard, as unlike a desktop you're stuck with it.

The specs for the latest Zeptos look good, but I don't know anyone who has one.

Hence I have two questions (about the 6x24/6225s):

(1) Is there anywhere in the UK I could find a Zepto to play with, either an actual shop, one on display or is there a show they'll be at sometime soon?

(2) Failing that can people tell me what they're like - I know, tough question, so I'll break it down:

(i) When you press fairly hard on the H key does the keyboard bow a lot in the middle, a bit or does it seem to be mounted on a metal plate? (I prefer no give, as will be less stress in the keyboard so should last longer, plus that's just my preference.)

(ii) Where's the resistance on a scale from tap it and it hits the stop to treacle filled? (Not a treacle fan.)

(iii) What do they sound like? (I'll avoid suggestions here and let people be creative.)

Anyway, any help would be much appreciated.
John

 

I can't answer directly to your first question, but i think that if there's now a new Zepto representative in UK, they probably have some laptops viewable. At least in Finland, they have. In fact, my 6314W used to be in their shop as a Vista preview-machine.

The keyboard doesn't flex when pushing the H key, IMO. Can't answer the question about the metal plate though, i have no idea about that.

The keys overall are pretty sturdy, but not too much. They make a good sound when pressed. But these are just my opinions.

 

dr_jon. Currently we do not have a shop in the Uk where you can see a Zepto notebook,however we give a 14 day refund\exchange period if you were unhappy with the notebook. I have a 6324 in front of me,when you press hard on the H button there is very little bowing. The sound is more difficult one to answer........

 

ZeptoUK, question;

I received my 6324 on 19th of June, i'm very happy with the laptop in whole, it works wonders. But there is one thing that disturbs me, keyboardwise, all keys work very well and have nice pressure, but the "F" key requires a _lot_ more pressure than the other keys, making typing fluidly very tough when F is involved in the sentences. I mostly use an external keyboard when i'm at home, but it still bugs me, is there anything I can do about it?

 

I have not heard a Problem with the letter F? You could email our support guys to see if this is known and a possible solution. We obviously want you to be totally satisfied with your notebook. [email protected].

 

You can try blowing onto the keyboard. Maybe something is stuck under the key? try pressing the keys around F down and look if you can see anything abnormal under it.

 

http://img263.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img1163gq9.jpg

Here is the Keyboard picture I have just taken

 

I just noticed that the text i wrote in my last post was halfway miswritten, to actually get the key pushed doesn't take any more pressure than usual, but to get it to trigger (and get the character sent to the program at hand) i have to push significantly harder than any other character on the keyboard. I wrote a mail to the adress ZeptoUK advised me to. Hope they will shed some light onto the matters