Initial keystroke not registering -- anyone else have this problem?

After not using the keyboard for a period of time, the initial keystroke is not registered, but the rest are. If I hold the initial keystroke down for a second, it does register. Does not matter if I use an external KB (USB) or the onboard one. Had the onboard keyboard replaced, installed the Macbook pro software update 1.1, did a clean reinstall of the OS, and did a disc repair, and the problem persists, though it is, and has always been, intermittent.
The problem seems more connected to filling in form fields: could be spotlight, could be a field on a web browser, could be a field on a spreadsheet. Problem occurs less than 10% of the time. If this is happening to you, please let me know, and if you have a solution, Please Please let me know!

I have been thinking about your comments for a while and it seems if the cursor was not in the correct field, none of the letters I type would appear, and it is only the first that ever gets dropped, so that can not be the problem.
I think with a core2duo processor working with minimal programs open, and time machine not running I definitely should not be having this problem, yet I continue to on a regular basis. I do not believe this is related to the tasks running in the background or this would have been a problem with macs for years and years, whereas I really only notice the problem arising recently on discussion forums, though someone may want to set me straight on that
Any thoughts from the mac engineers who are supposed to frequent these discussions? This forum was the second last option given by apple care support before the last option which is sending it off to apple for who knows how long without any kind of loaner or ability to rent a machine to keep running my business for the weeks they attempt to trouble shoot my MBP

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