Should I keep Sony Duo II Hybrid

I have had my purchased Sony Duo II for about 1 week now. I love the laptop but absolutely HATE the keyboard and optical trackpad. I can live with the trackpad but the keyboard is killing me. I am an extremely fast typist and I don't mind the size of the keys on the Duo II but they are not very responsible and when you press them, sometimes they respond and sometimes they don't.

I find myself making ALOT of typing mistakes on it as a result. Compared to my Thinkpad keyboard, the Duo II keyboard looks like a Yugo compared to a Ferrari. I need to know if anyone has used the Duo II for a while and if the keys on the keyboard soften up or break in after a while of usage.

If they stay the same as they are now (new), I don't think I can keep the thing and use it long term. If the keys will break in and soften up after a while, I can live with it. I know the thinkpad keyboards do this and was wondering if the Sony keyboards do this.

If anyone has any experience with the Duo II related to the keyboard, I would love to hear it. It is the only thing on the machine I don't like and may cause me to return it.

 

Nobody has used it for much more than a week because it was just released a week ago Give it another week?

 

I haven't try VAIO Duo 11, because it is not out yet here.

have you try any other VAIO keyboard? Because my Z keyboard have a nice bounce mechanism, no soften.

try putting a book as thick as the keyboard to act as a palm rest and try typing.

 

I've had mine for six days now. I type on it just fine, including all day at depositions yesterday, but it's definitely smaller than other keyboards. I have smaller hands so this isn't a problem. If you have big meaty hands, I could see it not working well.

The keyboard IS responsive, very accurate, but if your fingers are missing the very-small keys then that's why you're missing characters.

Keyboards are personal. What works for one person doesn't work for another. If this one doesn't fit you, swap it out for, say, a Thinkpad Edge Twist or an IdeaPad Yoga 13. Just leave the stupid "Ferrari versus Yugo" comparisons out of it. Just because one particular person doesn't fit comfortably into the driver's seat of an Aston Martin doesn't mean that the car is like a Yugo and isn't actually a high-end luxury sports car.

 

I have exactly same problem! The keyboard is totaly worse! And i write now (as for the last whole 1 year!) on a SMALLER keyboard then the one of the Vaio Duo 11 and love small keyboards!


Here my fully meaning about this:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/son...vaio-duo-11-owners-thread-12.html#post8944550

 

I think the keyboard is actually excellent. I'm coming from my Vaio Z (VPCZ1) and the keyboard is equivalent in accuracy and response. It is a bit smaller, but I adjusted to it extremely quickly. For reference, I'm a touch typist that uses proper form.

 

With such diverse experiences, maybe there might be issues with unresponsive keyboards, just like there's been issues with some machines' touch input?

Might be worth asking for a replacement to see if that changes your experience.

 

Proper touch typists generally have less trouble adapting to smaller keyboards with tiny or no palm rests, because proper form requires that your palms remain in the air. You can type faster and more accurately that way but it gets tiring until you build the arm/shoulder muscles