New MacBook Pro outsold every competing laptop in just five days

Re:New MacBook Pro outsold every competing laptop in just fi... by matthewking on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @12:57PM (#12912710)

For me the other issues I can overlook somewhat, but the killer is the keyboard. It seems to divide people strongly one way or the other, but to me its horrendous. There's basically 0 key travel, the keys just click. I average about the same typing speed as my 2014 mbp but the experience is not nice, and for longer days spent coding I'm sure it'll become uncomfortable on your finger tips.

And the question is why? I can only think the decisions behind the keyboard are to facilitate the goal of making the MacBook thinner and thinner, the point of diminishing returns on that was passed 2 years ago.

On top of that, I bought my MacBook pro in 2014 for £1200, to replace it today with the bottom 13" model would cost £1750. That's some price hike!

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Re:New MacBook Pro outsold every competing laptop in just fi... by erokar on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @02:38PM (#12913838)

Completely agree. The keyboard is the dealbreaker for me too. When I need a new laptop Apple will no longer be producing a machine with an adequate keyboard. Stupidly, the keyboard is what will force me to switch to Windows/Linux.

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Re:New MacBook Pro outsold every competing laptop in just fi... by plusepsilon on Wednesday November 09, 2016 @05:55PM (#12915658)

I actually like the keyboard. I tend to glide over the keyboard to find the right keys, minimizing wrist movement. Combination of feel, sound, flatness are somehow very satisfying.

But! The butterfly keys are stiffer for smaller keys so ironically(?), the Fn keys and arrow keys are hard to find and press. I actually use the arrow keys so I find using the Ctrl shortcuts more often for moving the cursor around.

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