[troythorpe]

I just switched from a PC to a MAC with Lion. There are a number of things that seem more difficult with a MAC, but of particular annoyance at the moment is that when I hold down the delete/backspace key, it still slowly deletes one character at a time. This is despite my having set the keyboard key repeat to fast and the delay to slow. This also goes for holding down a character key. On a PC, if you hold down a key, it will begin to repeat. The longer you hold it down, the faster it repeats. How do I replicate these functions on a MAC?

[jmiddel]

I just tried it out, holding down a key does make it repeat, fast, but not too fast so that one can have some control. Delete does the same thing.

[ibook_steve]

Maybe your definition of fast key repeat is different from others. How fast do you want it to be, say how long should it take to erase a single line of characters?

Are you using a wired or wireless keyboard? Have you tried a different keyboard?

Steve

[chabig]

The key repeat rate is set in System Preferences > Keyboard. I recommend you max it out.

[ibook_steve]

Originally Posted by chabig 

The key repeat rate is set in System Preferences > Keyboard. I recommend you max it out.

I kind of assumed that the OP had done that already. But you may be right.

Steve