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Yes, small. Because every person who had it complained online but there’s so much more users who are doing fine.
by ymolodtsov 8y ago
Yes, small. Because every person who had it complained online but there’s so much more users who are doing fine.
- tigershark 8y agoIf the design is as flawed as it seems it is just matter of time before a much bigger percentage fails..
- luigi23 8y agoThats true, since its clearly an overall design flaw, not a problem with some units. But even that they will state ‘small percentage’ to not make it clear.
- AlphaSite 8y agoIve had it happen to 3 of my 3 machines, so i guess 'small' by some measure.
- lolsal 8y agoOf the 12ish folks I know that have the new keyboards (I am not one of them), none of them have complained about keyboard issues. We're just comparing anecdotes of course; it would be very difficult for anyone outside of Apple to know the real percentage.
- yborg 8y agoI have a 2016 launch MBP Touchbar and work in an extremely dusty office, and have had no issues with the keyboard. I also have a light touch when typing. I suspect that the real issue may be typing force or maybe typing force + contaminants. By design, this keyboard has lower tolerances, so Apple was kind of asking for it here. I'm not a fan of the design and feel it sacrificed keyfeel and reliability for a few mm that most people don't care about.
- AlphaSite 8y agoHonestly, i have ichthyosis which just exacerbates the whole issue.
- thinkythought 8y agoI have multiple offline friends who don't post on tech messageboards, but have had this issue. A few of them have just been putting up with it to avoid the cost. This is much more widespread than even sites like hn and reddit make it seem
- kalleboo 8y agoBut on the other hand for every repair that shows up in Apple's statistics there are others who are silently suffering because they don't want to lose their ain commputer for week (=mme), or who don't have AppleCare and don't want to pay 100s of dollars for a replaceent.