MBP Keyboard

Well, I am typing this up on a stupid Dell laptop, and I have a few questions about the MBP keyboard.
Are the keys easy to hit, and not all "blah" like this keyboard.
And exactly what is it like. This keyboards space bar doesn't hardly work.
Any answers?

I have been a mac user for a long time. The best mac keyboard was definitly the original ADB pro keyboard that they stopped making like 10 years ago.
When I was in the market to buy a laptop a few years ago, I looked into the two options at the time: The ibook and the Powerbook. Believe it or not, I put a lot of weight on the feel and action of the keyboard and ended up spending the extra money ont he Powerbook. During my two year stint in powerbook land, I was continually impressed with the action.
Now I am on my next laptop, a macbook pro and I have say the action is still fantastic. The only problem that I notice with te keyboard is that they keys appear to bend at angles over time. I admit, I'm a hard typist, and so part of the warping could my typing, but I've only had the machine for a short while and at home I mostly use my external Pro keyboard (which is amazing).
Still, I think the keyboard is good, and dispite the slight warping I am still very happy with the keyboard.
Macbook Pro   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

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