Rumour now has it that Apple will make the almost unprecedented move of abandoning this keyboard design [1]. Technically, they might be replacing it with a newe

Rumour now has it that Apple will make the almost unprecedented move of abandoning this keyboard design [1]. Technically, they might be replacing it with a newer design (vs the old chiclet keys which IMHO were actually great) but still... One can't help but note the timing of Johnny Ive leaving with this move. If it comes to pass (and it is just a rumour at this point and there are a lot of false Apple rumours because clickbait). Johnny Ive does seem to be obsessed with thinness to the point of ludicrousness. It's said design is the art of compromise and any design is a compromise. To me the 2010+ Macbook Air was essentially a "perfect" laptop. Powerful enough, with enough ports but also quite cheap (under $1500) and light. Size, weight, cost and power are all axes for compromise. This was largely replaced with the 12" Macbook, which sacrificed pretty much everything to shave off another millimeter or two. One USB-C port. It's almost unprecedented that this form factor (13" Macbook Air) would be resurrected yet it was. Is this tantamount to an admission of error with the 12" Macbook? Was it effectively a rebuke of Johnny Ive's "thinness above all else" philosophy? Is the new keyboard (if it happens) a furhter admission of error? I don't know of course but I'm hopeful that the current trend of terrible Apple design will reverse. [1] https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/4/20682079/apple-butterfly-switch-scissor-switch-2019-macbook-air-2020-macbook-pro https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/4/20682079/apple-butterfly-s...