Delay from when typed to when text appears on screen?

I'll type but there is a long lag time before the text appears on screen.
This seems to have started after upgrading to Mavericks and is most noticeable in Apple Mail.
Any tips as to how to diagnose and fix?
FWIW.....
I'm on a MacBook Pro (closed lid), Apple monitor, Apple wireless keypad and mouse.
And now OS X 10.9.3.
Thank you.

I had a very similar problem.  No matter where I typed (Word, Apple Mail, online, etc.) I would get a typing lag.  I did all the self diagnostics, repair disk, hardware test, PRAM reset, etc.  Still had the problem. Even my mouse was lagging when i moved it. I took it to the Genius Bar and they did a hardware check and it did not reveal any problems.  The tech said it still may be a hard drive or memory problem. They reformatted the hard drive and did a clean install of mavericks.  I moved a few items from my time machine back up and the problem started to occur again.  I reinstalled my old RAM, still had the problem.
I had wanted to upgrade to a Solid State Drive (SSD), so I purchased a Samsung EVO 500 GB SSD.  As I was cloning the new hard drive, I noticed the problem wasn't occurring anymore.  So I suspect it was the hard drive starting and stopping that was causing the problem.  During the cloning process the installed drive was constantly spinning, therefore not starting and stopping. I've installed the new SSD and in addition to the lag problem going away, my Macbook is wicked fast!
Bob
Late 2011 Macbook Pro 15-inch OSX 10.9.3

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