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Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by munchbunny on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @05:28PM (#22112374)
It's heavily dependent on personal taste, but for example I make easily twice as many mistakes typing with the new keyboard than I did with the old keyboard, or any other keyboard I own, on other laptops or standalone.

I wouldn't call it "barely functional" either since I can clearly still type on that keyboard, but the combination of mechanical failure rate and personal accuracy issues means that I buy the MBP despite the keyboard.

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Re:Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI compl... by DonaldPShimoda on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @01:15PM (#22120281)
Yes, this is absolutely a fair take. I've heard from multiple people that they seem to make more mistakes with this keyboard, and other people say they just don't like the way it feels.

Personally, I find it to be an improvement over the previous generation in almost all respects except for, obviously, the failure rate. I hate that I am expecting the keyboard to fail again within a year or two, but perhaps I will be surprised and this particular one will last long enough that it won't be a problem for me.

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