I find these keyboards — specifically, the tales of woe about keys getting stuck or ceasing to work properly — a deeply worrisome sign about Apple’s priorities today.
His initial review of the keyboard before the problems started appearing.
The keyboard is, for me, a mixed bag, and it’s probably the one thing that many people will like least about these machines. I find less key travel to be less pleasant while typing.
But this article also points out why he didn’t have the problem personally. He famously uses a 20 year old extended mechanical keyboard.
But I’m so far out there on this issue that I use a 20-year-old Apple Extended Keyboard II, with mechanical key switches, at my desk. I’ve never liked any notebook keyboard compared to an actual mechanical keyboard
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/10/17/johnston-macboo...
I find these keyboards — specifically, the tales of woe about keys getting stuck or ceasing to work properly — a deeply worrisome sign about Apple’s priorities today.
His initial review of the keyboard before the problems started appearing.
https://daringfireball.net/2016/11/new_touch_bar_equipped_ma...
The keyboard is, for me, a mixed bag, and it’s probably the one thing that many people will like least about these machines. I find less key travel to be less pleasant while typing.
But this article also points out why he didn’t have the problem personally. He famously uses a 20 year old extended mechanical keyboard.
But I’m so far out there on this issue that I use a 20-year-old Apple Extended Keyboard II, with mechanical key switches, at my desk. I’ve never liked any notebook keyboard compared to an actual mechanical keyboard