Double tapping keys on a laptop keyboard

Factual Questions
1

I’ve been using a new laptop a bit lately and whenever I type on it I hit a bunch of keys twice in quick succession when I’m trying to type quickly. It leaads to a llot of sentences that look like thiis. It’s a Sony Vaio with a chicklet style keyboard.

I’m curious if anyone else has dealt with this issue and if there’s a setting that cann be tweaked to lessen the frequency of it. Also, anyone know what causes it? Too short a travel on the keys? To heavy or light of a typing stroke? Funky drivers? When I buy a new laptop I’m wondering what to look for to avoid the headache.

2

Go to the Control Panel and open the Keyboard Properties and adjust the Repeat Delay to long and see if that fixes the problem.

3

I think **JoelUpchurch **hit the nail with his solution, but I wanted to say that this:

is the most awesome yet instantly-recognizable descriptions of one of those laptop keyboards I’ve ever seen.

4

It’s a bit of slang that’s been around in computing for a few decades; here’s a 1984 review of the IBM PCjr from Creative Computing magazine that uses the phrase. Similarly, a 1983 review of the Mattel Aquarius, also from Creative Computing.