The keyboard felt familiar-this flat-topped island-style setup has been used on many HP laptops before ( and it's found in slightly different variations on laptops from Apple, Dell, Sony, and others) . The individual keys are large and easy to hit, but the up and down arrow keys get unfairly shrunken down. Shift, Caps Lock, Tab, and other important keys are full-size, however, and the four corner keys lose a little surface area to create a rounded-edge look, but it doesn't hinder typing.
