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Anyone is free to call it whatever they want. I've been using my 2016 MBP TB since near its release and it's my favorite laptop keyboard I've ever used.

StudentStuff 9y ago
I hope other manufacturers don't follow their lead. Greasy, bacteria covered, minimal travel keyboards are a great way to make people hate typing.
- pilsetnieks 9y ago
  If your minimal travel keyboard is greasy and bacteria covered, I guarantee you your maximum depth mechanical keyboard is just as greasy and bacteria covered.
  - StudentStuff 9y ago
    Not if you have a slightly textured keyboard and clean it on occasion. Apple's dead flat plastic keys on their laptop and bluetooth keyboards are a perfect growth medium for bacteria, while also accreting oil much more readily.
    - always_good 9y ago
      What's anti-microbial about bumps? In my experience it just creates more hard to clean grooves for bacteria and dirt. Not exactly a challenge for microbes.
- rimliu 9y ago
  How does longer travel prevent grease or bacteria? If anything, bigger keys have larger surface area for grease and bacteria to stick on. There was a joke that programmer can survive a month by eating what he shakes out of their keyboard, does not really apply to Apple keyboards any more.
  - StudentStuff 9y ago
    The anti-microbial coating (aka the small matte bumps on your standard keyboard) impair bacteria growth and slow oil accretion on the keys.
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- jclardy 9y ago
  I think greasy and bacteria covered might just be a personal problem, and not a symptom of short key travel ;)
  - StudentStuff 9y ago
    No, its a common complaint that the keys still look greasy post-cleaning on Mac keyboards. Apple doesn't texture them with an anti-microbial texturing, preferring to leave them deadpan flat. This speeds the accretion of oils and gives bacteria a nice, comfortable surface to grow on.
    - munificent 9y ago
      What is "anti-microbial texturing"?

StudentStuff 9y ago

I hope other manufacturers don't follow their lead. Greasy, bacteria covered, minimal travel keyboards are a great way to make people hate typing.

pilsetnieks 9y ago
If your minimal travel keyboard is greasy and bacteria covered, I guarantee you your maximum depth mechanical keyboard is just as greasy and bacteria covered.
- StudentStuff 9y ago
  Not if you have a slightly textured keyboard and clean it on occasion. Apple's dead flat plastic keys on their laptop and bluetooth keyboards are a perfect growth medium for bacteria, while also accreting oil much more readily.
  - always_good 9y ago
    What's anti-microbial about bumps? In my experience it just creates more hard to clean grooves for bacteria and dirt. Not exactly a challenge for microbes.
rimliu 9y ago
How does longer travel prevent grease or bacteria? If anything, bigger keys have larger surface area for grease and bacteria to stick on. There was a joke that programmer can survive a month by eating what he shakes out of their keyboard, does not really apply to Apple keyboards any more.
- StudentStuff 9y ago
  The anti-microbial coating (aka the small matte bumps on your standard keyboard) impair bacteria growth and slow oil accretion on the keys.
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jclardy 9y ago
I think greasy and bacteria covered might just be a personal problem, and not a symptom of short key travel ;)
- StudentStuff 9y ago
  No, its a common complaint that the keys still look greasy post-cleaning on Mac keyboards. Apple doesn't texture them with an anti-microbial texturing, preferring to leave them deadpan flat. This speeds the accretion of oils and gives bacteria a nice, comfortable surface to grow on.
  - munificent 9y ago
    What is "anti-microbial texturing"?