Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has yet to admit its mistake

Re:Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has y... by geerlingguy on Friday April 19, 2019 @01:30PM (#19701323)

I love the feel, but in my 2016 I did have the spacebar stop working on one side (the side I tend to use more often) because of dirt ingress.

My favorite keyboard ever, though, is the current 'Magic Keyboard'. It's like the perfect medium between the old chicklet-style that felt rather mushy to me and the new butterfly mechanism that's almost too rigid.

Sadly, it seems Apple does not want to go back to that feel in their mobile line :(

The grip I have with the newer Pros is the *@($ Touch Bar. It's sad that the new Air has exactly what I wanted—addition of Touch ID but no Touch Bar—but the so-called Pros still have the Touch Bar. I have yet to find a touch typist who believes the Touch Bar to be a good reason to pay a few hundred extra for it.

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Re:Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has y... by cnf on Friday April 19, 2019 @06:04PM (#19703407)

I absolutely love my touchbar, and would hate to see it go. I know per context where each key I need is.

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Re:Its butterfly keyboard design has failed, but Apple has y... by rbanffy on Friday April 19, 2019 @05:35PM (#19703211)

Keyboards are a very personal thing. I think the butterfly is usable and pleasing, but that the magic keyboard is a dreadful downgrade from the previous one that was more or less identical to the previous-gen Macbooks (which were very adequate).

My favorite keyboard, beam-spring being a thing of the past, is the Model M (Unicomp still builds them). I love it, even if my family would rather have me not typing after 10 PM.

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