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Re:Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in MacBook by geolgau on Thursday July 04, 2019 @06:33AM (#20353285)
It's not as good as those on Thinkpads.
Re:Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in MacBook by sbuk on Thursday July 04, 2019 @07:16AM (#20353516)
Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
Re:Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in MacBook by DerDangDerDang on Thursday July 04, 2019 @06:42AM (#20353338)
I much preferred the keyboard on my 2015 MBP to that on my 2018 Thinkpad. The newer Apples keyboards (including the wireless ones) are crap, I agree.
Re:Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in MacBook by isostatic on Thursday July 04, 2019 @07:38AM (#20353648)
Which thinkpads? From 2003? From 2010? From today?
Re:Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in MacBook by philliphaydon on Thursday July 04, 2019 @07:55AM (#20353739)
I got an X1 Extreme. Keyboard is amazing. Didn’t know these keyboards were so much better than any MAC I owned until January this year.
Re:Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in MacBook by teekert on Thursday July 04, 2019 @08:34AM (#20353984)
Dat touchpad though...
Re:Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in MacBook by philliphaydon on Thursday July 04, 2019 @10:22AM (#20354866)
I don’t mind it. I use the keyboard 95% of the time. Then touchpad much less. While Apple has the best touchpad. Keyboard is more important. IMO.
Re:Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in MacBook by isostatic on Thursday July 04, 2019 @09:14AM (#20354291)
Interesting. Did you use more traditional thinkpad keyboards (back when IBM owned them)?
Re:Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in MacBook by philliphaydon on Thursday July 04, 2019 @10:29AM (#20354912)
I think I used a ThinkPad back in 1997 when my Uncle had a laptop. But aside from that possibility I don’t believe I’ve ever touched one until beginning of this year.
Re:Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in MacBook by DocTomoe on Thursday July 04, 2019 @10:36AM (#20354968)
They will take my T520 from my cold, dead hands. That was the last one that came with an actually useful keyboard...

... and thanks to Linux, it runs like on the first day.

Re:Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in MacBook by CountSessine on Thursday July 04, 2019 @04:58PM (#20357740)
I have a T520 at home as my linux box. At work I use a 2015 MacBook Pro.

I don't know.

I don't find the T520's keyboard to be any better than the MBP's. The differences in key placement are much more noticeable than any difference in key shape, travel, or response.

Am I missing something?

... and thanks to Linux, it runs like on the first day.

The integrated Intel GPU in my T520 is stuck on XDDM and never got an updated WDDM driver. So it can't run a modern version of Windows anyways.

Re:Kuo: Apple to include new scissor switch keyboard in MacBook by rimliu on Thursday July 04, 2019 @06:41AM (#20353329)
Yes, better.