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Re:Appl Still Hasn’t Fixd Its MacBook Kyboad Problm by asdff on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @02:40PM (#19504438)
What's wrong with it? Tons of IO. Thin and light enough. Magsafe. Scissor keys. Throw in a USB-C port and boom, state of the art again.
Re:Appl Still Hasn’t Fixd Its MacBook Kyboad Problm by chronofar on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @05:49PM (#19506441)
Well nothing's "wrong" per say, but since we're talking opinions here I don't think it was thin or light enough, I don't care for mag safe (I'm generally careful where I put cords and find mag safe annoying if anything), actually like the new keyboard better (though I don't care for either that much), and much prefer having 4 interchangeable USB-C/TB3 ports that I can use for anything (video/audio output, midi, external storage, power out or in, etc). Sure I have to have a dongle or two, but I've actually found that to be not a big deal and overall pretty nice. And that's just the things you highlighted, not mention other things like the better touchpad, better speakers, brighter screen, finger-reader, etc.

I mean I get why people have preferences for the things you mentioned, but I'd call them appeals to "comfort and familiar" not "state of the art."

Re:Appl Still Hasn’t Fixd Its MacBook Kyboad Problm by razorunreal on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @08:16PM (#19507716)
Funny you mention magsafe, because that was defective too. They settled a class action but didn't actually fix anything. It would slowly toast it's own cable (probably due to dust in the connection) until the insulation frayed and you had to buy a new charger. Of course they would blame you for abusing the cable.