I have an HP dv9700 bought 2 years ago. Right
shift key is actually smaller (3/4 size) than regular keys. This year I bought a Sony Vaio, same thing. A tiny little bit larger than a regular key. This month, I bought a Dell for my mother-in-law, same... Exactly same size with the regular key. Extremely annoying, and I seriously consider it as a design flaw. I always end up pressing UP ...