An ode to Apple’s awful MacBook keyboard

Re:An ode to Apple’s awful MacBook keyboard by myl on Monday September 03, 2018 @06:40AM (#17901738)

I've been a mac user since before the "i" came along. But as my all time favorite 2015 Macbook Pro ages, I'm concerned where to turn next. The current Touchbar Macbook Pro line seems to favor weight and slimness over true "Pro" features like having a desktop grade keyboard, speed and battery stamina.

Apple hit near perfectionism with the 2015 keyboard/ current desktop keyboard line, please don't try to put a portable keyboard in a machine made for professionals, just to free an extra fraction of an inch in height.

Apple used to make the worlds fastest, yet beautiful to look at, portable workstations. Please don't forget us actual professionals who type all day and care less about fractions of inches and shiny emojis.

Call it the Macbook Actual Pro and charge more I don't care, I just wanna get back to work.

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Re:An ode to Apple’s awful MacBook keyboard by Spacemolte on Monday September 03, 2018 @06:45AM (#17901753)

I feel exactly the same with my late 2013 retine macbook pro. I'm actually thinking about buying the same model used now, just to be sure I have a replacement when my current machine breaks at some point, that seems more reasonable than betting on apple to remove the touch bar, and fix all the issues, in the next version.

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Re:An ode to Apple’s awful MacBook keyboard by eloisant on Monday September 03, 2018 @07:56AM (#17902055)

I was worried before I got mine, and I'm actually really happy with it.

* I want a physical escape key so I configured caps lock to be escape * The touchbar is pretty useless, and having it switching all the time is distracting so I set it to be "fixed" with only the buttons I use * I like the keyboard, I just hope it won't fail me * I really like the sensor to unlock with the fingerprint - I know it's been on thinkpads for years, but it's really convenient

So yeah, the only issue left is my fear of seeing the keyboard die because of dust... That's pretty much it.

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Re:An ode to Apple’s awful MacBook keyboard by m_mueller on Monday September 03, 2018 @01:28PM (#17903804)

I‘ve switched to a T480s Thinkpad. Best keyboard I ever had, OK touchpad, good matte HiDPI screen, USB-A, USB-C, HDMI, Ethernet, 1TB SSD, 24GB Ram, much nicer case than Macbooks even, price 2300 USD. Only downside: Hinge doesn‘t open with one hand and ... it has no MacOS. Takes a while to be as productive on Win or Linux but the hardware is absolutely worth it when compared to the mess that is the new MBPs.

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