The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks

Re:The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks by maxsilver on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @11:30AM (#19555180)

> Wish Lenovo could match up with form factor and screen quality.

Lenovo X1 Carbon? That's what I bought instead of a MacBook Pro 13, and I absolutely love it.

No Magsafe connector, but two Thunderbolt 3 ports, USB-C charging (even via low-end chargers, like a Nintendo Switch adapter), two full-size USB ports, HDMI out, the best laptop keyboard I've ever used, a 4K HDR screen, etc.

Yes, it's slightly thicker than a MacBook. But it uses that space to be such a better computer.

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Re:The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks by jsmit on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @11:51AM (#19555432)

How is the trackpad? Been eyeballing the Extreme but I'm wary of the performance of the trackpad in comparison to the MBP.

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Re:The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks by maximilianburke on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @12:25PM (#19555841)

My X1 Carbon (6th gen) touchpad isn’t as good as my (former) 2017 MBP.

But I am so much happier with everything else that I am willing to put up with it.

The main difference is that some of the pad click actions I found frustrating and unintuitive, but I now use the buttons which work fine.

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Re:The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks by bproven on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @12:42PM (#19556057)

TP Carbon X1 has the best non-Mac trackpad I have used. But honestly I don't think any trackpad is as good as the mac. It is however better than most PC trackpads

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Re:The MacBook keyboard fiasco is way worse than Apple thinks by grosswait on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @12:04PM (#19555567)

This would be my question as well. The track pad is the killer macos/mbp feature imo.

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