Apple’s butterfly keyboard failed by prioritizing form over function

Re:Apple’s butterfly keyboard failed by prioritizing form ov... by diehunde on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @03:54PM (#23329049)

I always thought people were just exaggerating about this keyboard until I got a laptop that has one. I have a MacBook Air with a keyboard I love and use for personal stuff and my current client sent me a MacBook Pro. I was excited because the specs were crazy. Until I started typing. It was so bad and weird compared to my MacBook Air. So I assume it has that hated keyboard.

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Re:Apple’s butterfly keyboard failed by prioritizing form ov... by munchbunny on Wednesday May 27, 2020 @04:16PM (#23329357)

I had one at work. Thankfully it wasn't my main dev machine or main laptop. Whenever I used it my typing precision took a huge hit. The lack of key travel really messed me up in terms of "did I actually activate that key?" I was perpetually missing A's in my typing.

Maybe other people were able to get used to it, but I couldn't.

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