Re:MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for ...
by throwawaymath on Thursday July 12, 2018 @04:05PM
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> Wanting a functional keyboard on a laptop is a niche opinion? Wowwwwww. The reality distortion field is strong.
This is a deliberate misreading of what I said. My point is that reasonable people can disagree about what a "functional keyboard" is for software development. You're free to disagree with me, but don't accuse me of being under a "reality distortion field." And for what it's worth, the comment of mine that you responded to is talking about design and aesthetic choices. You're primarily talking about hardware faults and reliability.
Re:MacBook Pro with faster performance and new features for ...
by mrgordon on Thursday July 12, 2018 @09:31PM
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The source comment was not about design and aesthetic choices. Here is the first comment that you responded to: “What we want is a functional keyboard”
We want a functional keyboard. This is not about reasonable people disagreeing. If your space bar does not work, your keyboard is broken and typing sucks.
I've used every MacBook model and the new ones have unacceptably bad keyboards. I am in an office with dozens of broken ones and the things have become a joke amongst the developers. The IT department got so tired of Apple's time to repair them that they started just ordering extra keys from third party websites for $20/each.
I worked at Apple with Steve Jobs and I can assure you he would not say that the keyboard isn't meaningful and its fine if its broken. There is a reason all the major Apple bloggers have written piece after piece about their poor reliability and repairability. If your space bar breaks with one piece of dust you need to replace the entire top of the computer including the battery since its glued to it.