Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of 80s Home Computers

Re:Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of ... by alpaca128 on Friday February 25, 2022 @08:39AM (#30467098)

Finally I'll be able to send my whole desktop computer to repair when a key is stuck.

I don't really see the benefit here, all you get are some drawbacks you usually see with laptops. I understand the all-in-one inside a screen, but integrating it with one of the parts most exposed to wear?

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Re:Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of ... by cyberge99 on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:09AM (#30467432)

I’d venture to say that upgrading screens happens less frequently than upgrading the mobo/cpu.

Plus, this could be an affordable option due to BYOScreen.

They could potentially use it for wider adoption of the purported VR headset.

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Re:Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of ... by mcphage on Friday February 25, 2022 @01:51PM (#30470713)

> upgrading screens happens less frequently than upgrading the mobo/cpu

Heck, I have a 2009 iMac that I'm using as an external monitor right now.

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Re:Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of ... by unfocussed_mike on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:28AM (#30467630)

Well it is a bold claim that they've fixed their keyboard problems, that's for sure.

Evidence suggests they have, with the new design.

What was striking about Apple's recent keyboard woes is precisely that is that in general keyboards do _not_ routinely fail; they last for a very long time.

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Re:Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of ... by staticman2 on Friday February 25, 2022 @10:34AM (#30468348)

My brother bought a Pi 400 that had a stuck key, we've been too lazy to return it so we plugged in a USB keyboard :(.

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Re:Apple Imagines Mac-Inside-a-Keyboard Device Evocative of ... by tomaskafka on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:49AM (#30467827)

Yup, it seems that they solved the problem of 'M1 chips are so great people will keep their devices for 5+ years and we will lose sales' with 'let's fuse them with something easily breakable and expendable'.

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