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OS X keyboard is so slow for me, so I set this one

    defaults write NSGlobalDomain KeyRepeat -int 0
To make it blasting fast almost like in Linux (Gnome).

I'm not on Lion, but I use an external keyboard with a 2008 MB and recently it's downright slow. So much that if I type after a long break it doesn't pick up on the keystrokes properly.

Is that what you mean by slow?

Yeah, delay until repeat and key repeat settings, with this you can make them faster and shorter than the UI allows you to.

I agree that the default keyboard repeat settings are far too slow. I always slide the Key Repeat and Delay Until Repeat options to the very right (fastest and shortest, respectively).

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