The first letter often go missing

This problem occurs for a while now. I am realy wondering if apple feel more concern about keeping a good service to the usual mac users or providing excellent marketing strategy. Obiously when we only look a few days backward (macworld in SF for ex), they prefer selling than caring.

One solution to make them really feel concerned and rushed about that would be to contact any computer related press and tell them what we know, the endless unresolved issue, note the forum activity and notice the erased previous thread!

With all our attemps, no one received a satisfying answer from Apple, everything remains unanswered and mysterious.
Maybe, any article in a widely spread media will be a trigger to wake them up and make them DO something for the people who spend so much to have a good quality computer.

Same Problem macbook C2d. Trying to do my Tax with Dosh Cashbook and every time I go back to the details field it misses the first letter. Drives me nuts. Problem is the same in Web Browser fields. Typing is quite an important part of computering isn't it? Come on apple a bit of acknowledgement???

Oi, Apple! Why are you behaving like a bunch of Microsoft geeks and ignoring this problem?! Having to re-type the first letter is a royal pain in the neck. When I give it some thought, not even my Commodore Plus/4 from 1985 had this problem, so my $3300 MBP certainly shouldn't, especially running the world's latest and greatest operating system, Leopard. Come on Apple, put your Windows Vista laptops down and start fixing this problem. Unless somebody in Internet world all of a sudden says it's ok to start a web address as ww. I could continue to start my emails with ello, or ow are you, or anything else that looks like I'm doing a lame impersonation of Dick Van **** in Mary Poppins. Sort it out, Apple nerds!

I am a new customer with a Macbook Pro 17" (Dec 07) with Leopard pre-installed.
I have had this problem since day one.

Apple, please read your own forums and acknowledge that this is an issue you can (and are) working on to resolve.

That was about time. The update mostly fixed the problem. Still I feel some issues when typing into firefox input fields. I mean, I missed few first characters again. I wonder if this is due to the fact that I've got so used to screw up typing that now I am not able to type anymore. Anyhow, it would be good to have the fix for Tiger as well. I don't understand why Apple didn't think of it. Not everybody is moving to Leopard, yet.

Exactly the same... after upgrading to 10.5.2 and upgrading keyboard firmeware, first letter often go missing. question: i wonder if the installation of others softwares can corrupt fonts, keys fonctions or something else... but for me, this problem began after instaling 10.5.2 update... so, someone can explain me whats going on here???

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Yup, still missing. The rate of missing keys is lower, but it is still there. I am going to wonder if it isn't an hardware problem. Sorry, but I think Apple should take these Macs back. I don't care about share holders and lost of image. I don't see why we are the ones paying for it.

Just adding my voice to this. Installed the firmware and it made no difference at all. As a writer I am finding this problem especially annoying. I've been using Macs for about 12 years but Apple have really been testing my loyalty with this.

I have only read of MBPs, MBs or iMac users suffering from this problem (am I right in thinking they all use similar hardware?)

I have a MacPro (I know, wrong forum) that keeps missing the first keystroke. It came pre-installed with Leopard (bought end of last year).

I'm just wondering if there are any other MacPro users who are suffering from this?

I installed the firmware update just a few weeks ago. Right after that, it seemed the first keystroke missing-issue was solved. I had that issue since the 10.5.2 update. But in the last week-and-a-half, the problem is returning! It's really driving me crazy. Please, apple engineers, look into this. Especially note the fact that the problem occured after 10.5.2 update, was gone after the firmware update in February, and seems to be reappearing since half March 2008. Thanks!

I decided to do a search and wow... I am glad I didn't go out and buy a new keyboard since I was convinced it was that. It has been driving me crazy!
It is not just MacBooks either; I have a mac mini 1.6 using leopard (although it happened on 10.4 as well)

Well, let me chime in and say that I have the exact same problem. I downloaded the keystroke-problem update about a month ago and it seemed to make a difference, but now it's back to the same behavior: clicking on an inactive window will cause the first letter of whatever you type to be ignored.

Has anyone actually called tech support to see what they say? Very frustrating.

i have the same problem. me and my girlfriend got a 13" mb for about a month ago..
been having trouble the whole time, seems like the guys with the pro have more problems?

Yup

If finding it did not fix my problem either...