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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by MBCook on Monday October 30, 2023 @10:56PM (#38079687)
Some people have experienced downsides you might want to know about.

For example as you passed 2016-2019, not only did you have the butterfly keyboard mess but each generation reportedly got hotter and thus louder.

My 2015 was quieter/cooler than my 2019.

So if you’re happy it may turn out that even though the newer machine has better performance it feels like a downgrade for other reasons.

(I don’t think that’s the case here)

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by karolist on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @03:39AM (#38081362)
2019 16" no longer used the butterfly keyboard, they have a physical Esc key and something Apple called "magic keyboard", really a scissor based mechanism that's really pleasant to type on and doesn't stop working with a tiny bit of dust under the cap.

https://www.macrumors.com/guide/butterfly-keyboard-vs-scisso...

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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by ksec on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @11:12AM (#38086063)
The new magic keyboard or new scissor keyboard has a key travel of 1mm, for me I wouldn't describe it as really pleasant.
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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by hot_gril on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @05:48PM (#38091878)
2019 MBP mostly fixed the issues introduced in 2016. But lack of USB and HDMI was enough for me to pass on it. Also, the 2015 one is prettier.
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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by karolist on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @05:52PM (#38091911)
Ah I miss the lit up Apple logo.
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Re:Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max, the most advanced c... by hot_gril on Tuesday October 31, 2023 @08:12PM (#38093069)
Yeah I would definitely miss that, as well as the shape.
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