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Keyboard is definitely fine. I don't notice any issue with it when I travel and am forced to type on it. But in general, I don't type on the Macbook when I tra

Keyboard is definitely fine. I don't notice any issue with it when I travel and am forced to type on it. But in general, I don't type on the Macbook when I travel. I usually have an ergo set up with a portable keyboard and touch pad and laptop stand. Portable Apple Keyboard: http://a.co/d/4mKQqL1 http://a.co/d/4mKQqL1 Portable Apple Touchpad: http://a.co/d/acoXyuK http://a.co/d/acoXyuK Portable Laptop Stand: http://a.co/d/2GSLqIa http://a.co/d/2GSLqIa

logicallee 8y ago
did you use previous generations of macbook (before the butterfly keyboard was introduced) such as 2012? how does it compare? I find it odd that you say it's fine if you're "forced to" use it, like your standard for a laptop keyboard isn't one that you should be able to use regularly (and you mention bringing your own). was wondering why you have this attitude...
- brandall10 8y ago
  I've had all generations of keyboards on multiple machines going back to the 1st gen Macbook Pro (early 2008). I type just as fast on the butterfly mechanism as any other, a consistent 90wpm with no mistakes and scattershot up to about 130 wpm during programming. I've been at this speed for about 2 decades now, going all the way back to using a vintage model M keyboard, an AEII keyboard, etc. I sometimes go back and forth between my newer MBPs and a 2014 I still have. It takes about an hour of adjustment to get my speed up when switching.
  - logicallee 8y ago
    Thanks for this detailed info. (I type at similar speeds as you.) So when you use the butterfly keyboard at a cafe for example, is your initial feeling a bit of frustration (ah this again), since you did use the expression "forced to use it"...
    - brandall10 8y ago
      I don't really have much of a preference TBH. That slightly less action actually translates into a bit less work... my touch lightens and my fingers move less. I don't think I could live with the 1st gen used on the original 12" Macbooks though.

logicallee 8y ago

did you use previous generations of macbook (before the butterfly keyboard was introduced) such as 2012? how does it compare? I find it odd that you say it's fine if you're "forced to" use it, like your standard for a laptop keyboard isn't one that you should be able to use regularly (and you mention bringing your own). was wondering why you have this attitude...

brandall10 8y ago
I've had all generations of keyboards on multiple machines going back to the 1st gen Macbook Pro (early 2008). I type just as fast on the butterfly mechanism as any other, a consistent 90wpm with no mistakes and scattershot up to about 130 wpm during programming. I've been at this speed for about 2 decades now, going all the way back to using a vintage model M keyboard, an AEII keyboard, etc. I sometimes go back and forth between my newer MBPs and a 2014 I still have. It takes about an hour of adjustment to get my speed up when switching.
- logicallee 8y ago
  Thanks for this detailed info. (I type at similar speeds as you.) So when you use the butterfly keyboard at a cafe for example, is your initial feeling a bit of frustration (ah this again), since you did use the expression "forced to use it"...
  - brandall10 8y ago
    I don't really have much of a preference TBH. That slightly less action actually translates into a bit less work... my touch lightens and my fingers move less. I don't think I could live with the 1st gen used on the original 12" Macbooks though.