Apple apologizes for continued reliability problems with its MacBook keyboards

Re:Apple apologizes for continued reliability problems with ... by melling on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @07:55PM (#19507570)

They could make it a little thicker and use the old keyboard.

While they’re at it, add 4 USB-C ports (mouse, keyboard, external SSD) and MagSafe.

I bought a 2010 MacBook Pro and another in 2013. I had an Nvidia problem which took a long time for Apple to finally fix.

I’ve been reluctant to spend another $2500 for the potential problems and compromises.

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Re:Apple apologizes for continued reliability problems with ... by eridius on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:05PM (#19508836)

There are 4 USB-C ports anyway.

And MagSafe is not coming back. AIUI, MagSafe unavoidably led to connection problems with the power cable over time and was a big driver of AppleCare support issues. Anecdotally, I've had multiple laptops where the MagSafe connector got to the point of needing to be jiggled around almost every time I plugged it in before it would start delivering power.

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Re:Apple apologizes for continued reliability problems with ... by xnaas on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:09PM (#19508852)

>There are 4 USB-C ports anyway.

Only if you buy any MacBook Pro configuration with the touchbar. If you want normal F-keys, you're limited to 2 ports because "fuck you," I guess.

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Re:Apple apologizes for continued reliability problems with ... by eridius on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @11:39PM (#19509015)

Is "fuck you" a euphemism for "you're buying a computer that costs $500 less and as a result probably doesn't have the internal hardware to support 4 separate USB-C ports"?

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Re:Apple apologizes for continued reliability problems with ... by tazard on Friday March 29, 2019 @09:12PM (#19526909)

2 more USB ports costs an extra $500? It's strange because a $15 USB hub plugged into the USB ports works fine. It must be lack of internal space due to not including a touchbar... Wait that doesn't make sense either...

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