I've been quite happy with my recent Toshiba purchase. The main thing for me was that I wanted one without the numpad so I could have a nice big keyboard, and a big trackpad. It's pretty similar to macbooks, which is what I was going for. However, there turned out to be one issue similar to the power button on the ASUS ultrabook in the link: there is an airplane mode key right next to the mute key. I actually liked the idea of being able to turn off the radios with a push of a button, but I didn't think about the problems I'd have activating it when I am trying to quickly mute.
If more people demanded better keyboards, the market would deliver them. We just need to inform others:
Every person has his/her own habit. We can accept that not every keyboard has the same design, they can have their own customized designs such as Apple's keyboard, but we do care that keyboards should not become a tool which violates human common sense and hence hinders the use of it.
I don't think they should be the same design either. In fact, I wish there was more experimentation.
Caps Lock key taking up a very valuable space at centre left, with the far more frequently used Ctrl in a very inconvenient spot at the bottom left (yes, I know I can remap them; I do).