MB C2D: Different sound/feel on some keys?

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MB C2D: Different sound/feel on some keys?

On my new MB C2D, some keys on the left side of the keyboard make a different sound than the other keys, and they also feel a little different. (A,S,D,Q,W,E,Y,X,C etc.)

It sounds a little "cheaper", like a plastic or metallic, loose kind of sound, it´s difficult to explain.

But just these buttons on the left side.
Anybody here with the same problem?

MacBook Core 2 Duo 2,0 GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Dec 10, 2006 3:25 AM

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Dec 10, 2006 3:36 AM in response to Tobias Mader

Can you upload a video or something?

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Tobias Mader Author

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Dec 10, 2006 5:11 AM in response to Martin Irwin

I don´t know if anybody would notice the difference on a video.

But it´s definitely a different sound on some keys on the left side of the keyboard, like Tab, q,w,e,a,s,d and so on.
Sounds cheaper, some kind of loose, like if you hit some kind of plastic or metal underneath when you press them.
Cant anybody confirm this?

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Tobias Mader Author

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Dec 10, 2006 9:10 AM in response to Tobias Mader

Nobody else with some keys which sound different?

At the end of this topic, there´s somebody with a similar problem:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3285520&#3285520

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etan4

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Dec 10, 2006 10:51 AM in response to Tobias Mader

Don't worry, this is typical for macbooks. When I first got mine, that was one of the first things I noticed. But after checking out other macbooks, they all have the same keyboard symptoms. Funny thing was, I inadvertently fixed the problem after putting on an iSkin keyboard protector. Now I can't tell which keys have that "loose" feel and sound to them. Hope this helps!

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Tobias Mader Author

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Dec 10, 2006 1:30 PM in response to etan4

Really?
But with my first MacBook, I didnt notice any "loose feel" keys.

I asked in some other forums, and most of them denied having some keys that sound and feel different.

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troy enn

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Dec 10, 2006 1:31 PM in response to Tobias Mader

By 'cheaper' do you perhaps mean 'less expensive' 😉

All my keys feel and act the same - if yours do not I suggest take the book in to have it looked at.

Or just live with it.

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