I have a MBP Retina - Keys not funcitoning

I have a new MBP Retina - 2.7 GHZ 16 GB Ram.
Every now and then I am having my keyboard lose some key functionality - mainly caps lock, space bar, delete and right arrow, a few others too.
It I have tried creating a new user etc. but it stays the same. It has happened while writing a word doc and today using aperture. In both cases it occurred while flying.
Any ideas

Nicholas Dawes wrote:
Well, Looks like Apple will be replacing my laptop. I have been waiting for the replacement since the end of June, so it is a long wait.
Anyway - what I wanted to tell you is that I have made a dozen flights since first encountering this problem and I have narrowed down the symptoms a little further..... The computer (keyboard) works until the plane reaches a certain altitude and then starts to become eratic and as we climb higher, it fails just as described in my previous post. Then, as we decend the exact reverse occurs... non-functional to eratic to fully functional.
It has to be pressure/altitude related...
Anyway, I am not sure whether I will ever learn what the problem was, but I can't wait for my replacement laptop.. It is killing me not being able to get my work done on long flights....
Anyone else with the same issue???
Thanks,
Nick
Glad that your problem has been taken care of... Now I would be inclined to agree in the pressure/atltitude theory. Actually, I think is the reason why you were having the problem. Going to the MacBook Pro (Retina) specs page, I can see that the operating altitude of the MacBook Pro (Retina) is up to 10,000 ft. I guess you are aware of this but the usual cabin pressure in an airplane when it is at its cruising altitude (around 35,000 ft.) the average cabin pressure is the same as it you were at 8,000 ft. That cabin pressure altitude puts it very near to the operational limits of the Retina MacBook Pro.
Hope this helps...

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