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Why do you think the MBP keyboard is prone to repetitive stress injuries?
by eridius 8y ago
Why 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!)