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The new keyboard has less key travel, not more. From the Macbook page: > So we designed a unique butterfly mechanism, which is wider than the scissor mechanism
by Avenger42 10y ago
The new keyboard has less key travel, not more. From the Macbook page:
> So we designed a unique butterfly mechanism, which is wider than the scissor mechanism and has a single assembly made from a stiffer material — allowing for a more stable, responsive key that takes up less vertical space.
- dougbarrett 10y agothat's interesting, I could have sworn I heard them say it had more travel distance, or maybe it was the impression of more travel.
- ant6n 10y agoI thought they said it had more travel than the butterfly keyboard that's used in the macbook without name. I mean the super thin 12" one they came up with last year.
- cschmidt 10y agoThey are a v2 of the MacBook keyboards, and I believe they said that the v2 has more travel compared to the v1. That's what the OP is saying. Not sure how that v2 would compare to the current MacBook Pro keyboards.
- masklinn 10y agoIt's unclear whether they said it had more travel or felt like it. I understood the latter.
- pklausler 10y agoThose new keytops had better pop off as easily as the old ones do, or I won't be able to Dvorakify the keyboard.
- OrwellianChild 10y agoKey elevation != key travel. The keys themselves are near flush with the base, but travel is longer than on the MacBook "Adorable" (MB 12").