I'm more bothered by the butterfly switches than the touchscreen strip. When the 12" MacBook was released, I stopped by a local Apple store to check it out, and

I'm more bothered by the butterfly switches than the touchscreen strip. When the 12" MacBook was released, I stopped by a local Apple store to check it out, and left unimpressed. Better than typing on an iPad, but not by much. At the point where I'm carrying a laptop, the extra few mm for decent key travel is going to be unnoticeable.