At first I thought I'd put this in General Discussion, but on second thought I think it fits better here.
Often - and when I just tested it out in the tutorial, it seems to be about random - when I try to strafe with my ships (Shift plus A or D) it takes a while, maybe half a second to a second, for the game to notice that the Shift is pressed down and until then, the ship turns rather than strafes. This, as you can imagine, makes strafing something I don't tend to do much because I can't count on it to make things better rather than worse in tight spots - which are the exact times when it'd be useful in the first place.
Not sure if it's an issue I have alone. And now that I think about it, I haven't tested it on the laptop due to the above considerations - since it's not reliable, I never got into the habit of using it in the first place.