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They should apologize not only for failing keyboards, but for creating a keyboard that is likely to give a lot of people repetitive stress injuries. The previou
by mnm1 8y ago
They should apologize not only for failing keyboards, but for creating a keyboard that is likely to give a lot of people repetitive stress injuries. The previous model started this trend. Most people will, hopefully, not experience this, but for people with RSI problems, each new generation of Macs has been worse and worse. Compare this to the 2007 MBPro models and there is simply no comparison. Unfortunately, the industry seems to follow wherever Apple goes blindly and does not care about healthy use of its devices. I expect a keyboard without any moving parts where one just jams on a glass surface (like the magic trackpad 2) any year now. I just hope we have universal healthcare in the US by then as worker's compensation is not too keen to pay for obvious work injuries like this in many states.
- billions 8y agoRemember all your ancestors had splinters in their hands until about 2 people ago
- sys_64738 8y agoSomething like this? http://www.primrosebank.net/computers/zx81/ZX81.jpg http://www.primrosebank.net/computers/zx81/ZX81.jpg
- eridius 8y agoWhy do you think the MBP keyboard is prone to repetitive stress injuries?
- melling 8y agoMaybe the short travel distance for the keys cause them to bottom out? https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7795970 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7795970 https://medium.com/@mrmrs_/i-got-rsi-and-what-happened-next-wasnt-surprising-at-all-63ddb58b5e3f https://medium.com/@mrmrs_/i-got-rsi-and-what-happened-next-...
- eridius 8y agoI don't buy the explanation given in that discussion thread. A quick googling suggests that RSI from keyboards is related to how much pressure you have to exert to move the keys, and the low-key-travel MBPs don't need much pressure to press a key. This really sounds to me like it's just anecdotes and confirmation bias (I got RSI now, it must be due to the new keyboard design, as opposed to just continued use of keyboards over a long period of time coupled with aging!)
- Twirrim 8y agoI find both the magic keyboard and magic mouse to be absolutely diabolical for RSI. The former is too cramped, at the latter requires quite a finger arch for tapping, gestures etc. It's not as bad as the magic keyboard, but it's still quick to RSI when I use it. I can and do happily type on the 2015 Mac Pro keyboard (although for the most part in the office, I dock the laptop and use a proper keyboard with it)