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When I first got my MacBook, I agreed with you. However, when it stopped working and I switched back to my 11" air, I found the depth of the key press actually
by eric_h 10y ago
When I first got my MacBook, I agreed with you. However, when it stopped working and I switched back to my 11" air, I found the depth of the key press actually annoyingly too much
- madeofpalk 10y agoWhat this tells us is that what's upsetting is the change, not that one keyboard is better than the other.
- tedmiston 10y agoMaybe it's just personal preference. I also had (still have) the 11" Air ~2011 before this rMBP and I still prefer the rMBP keyboard.
- DennisP 10y agoMaybe between those two keyboards, but between my MBP's built-in keyboard and my mechs with Cherry reds and browns I've found a simple objective difference: the built-in makes my finger joints sore, and the mechs don't.
- throwanem 10y agoIs it possible this might have something to do with style? I use RK9000s exclusively on my desktops, and I can type all day on my MBP without pain. But I do notice that on the MBP I type differently, because key travel and activation force are so much less than the MX Blue switches I'm used to. If I used that kind of force on an MBP keyboard, with nothing really to backstop it, I'd expect to get sore pretty fast, just as I would if I used the same kind of force on MX Blues that I'd need to activate the switches on one of my old Model M finger-breakers. Typing comfortably on an MBP I think needs a somewhat different approach. It feels less like typing than like drumming my fingers on a table, which never quite all the way stops being weird. But it works, and as I said, I can do it all day without getting sore. Perhaps you can, too!