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> https://theswiftdev.com/content/images/2019/07/D9BGWFIXoAA8d63.jpeg https://theswiftdev.com/content/images/2019/07/D9BGWFIXoAA8d... Wow! How can someone have

> https://theswiftdev.com/content/images/2019/07/D9BGWFIXoAA8d63.jpeg https://theswiftdev.com/content/images/2019/07/D9BGWFIXoAA8d... Wow! How can someone have such a dirty keyboard? I would be more concerned about the exaggerated amount of particles in the air that I’m breathing if my computer looked like the one in this picture. I don’t know if the image is accurate, but in three (3) years of typing in a MacBook Pro with the same keyboard as the one described in this article, it has never gotten to that point.

jdsully 7y ago
Looks like dandruff. Some people are prone to it and can't really help it.
- ethbro 7y ago
  https://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Hair-Spun-Bonded-Polypropylene-White/dp/B002XK2FS0 https://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Hair-Spun-Bonded-Polypropy...
- Groxx 7y ago
  Though I sorta hate typing on them, keyboard covers are a pretty effective way to mitigate it. But yea, that amount shouldn't be a problem for a keyboard. It's all outside of the contacts, and it's not blocking the motion. If it's actually enough to cause failure, I'd pretty solidly side on "this is designed wrong".
- schappim 7y ago
  >> Looks like dandruff. If true, the cause could be stress related. Probably from the keyboard not working...
txcwpalpha 7y ago
Ha, I find it funny that you consider this to be "such a dirty keyboard", when doing a google search for "dirty keyboard" turns up results that are apocalyptically dirty in comparison to the keyboard in this article. This one isn't spotless, but "wow that keyboard is dirty" wasn't even close to what I was thinking when I saw that picture. To answer your question more directly: my MBP keyboard is usually spotless due to my obsession with cleaning it, but even just spending half an hour working outside on a windy day, or using my laptop while at my parents house (who have two large dogs that shed a lot) will result in it looking like that. And to the article's point: such scenarios have lead to some very annoying keyboard issues with my MBP.
herpderperator 7y ago
Agreed. At least clean it regularly? Here's mine for reference, 1yr old 2018 model: https://i.imgur.com/t6wLOVx.jpg https://i.imgur.com/t6wLOVx.jpg
- mtnGoat 7y ago
  I concur, that is what mine looks like. I work indoors, and out and its never even remotely looked as dirty as the one in the article. Maybe all these folks saying keyboards always break and that that amount of dirt is nothing are the ones abusing them so much and needing replacements. My MBP is about 20 months old, i work on it 8-10 hours a day 5-6 days a week and i have had no problems with it whatsoever. I had a co-worker who had Palmoplantar hyperhidrosis(extremely excessive sweating of the hands). his keyboards were the grossest id ever seen, he used mechanical keyboards specifically and still had to replace them more than once a year... so nothing is bomb proof.
lone_haxx0r 7y ago
No reasonably built keyboard stops working because of that amount of dirt. I could bury my mechanical keyboard, dig it out, punch it, drop water on it and I bet it would still work correctly after drying it.
- bdcravens 7y ago
  When I was using a Das Keyboard I spilled numerous beverages on it and it kept going.
- jolmg 7y ago
  I think the concern is more hygienic than about a possible malfunction of the keyboard.
- berbec 7y ago
  A model M can function after being tossed into a fusion reactor, survive passage through the event horizon of a black hole, and (gasp) continue working when afflicted by keymageddon - tiny dust particles.
dear 7y ago
This: https://www.amazon.com/UPPERCASE-GhostCover-Premium-Keyboard-Protector/dp/B01MRKLH27/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1GI0JOB9T533E&keywords=macbook+keyboard+cover&qid=1563316228&s=gateway&sprefix=macbook+keybor%2Caps%2C-1&sr=8-4 https://www.amazon.com/UPPERCASE-GhostCover-Premium-Keyboard... $12. Problem solved.
- the_pwner224 7y ago
  You would willingly subject yourself to a keyboard condom? Those things feel so bad to type on. Iirc macbooks also have issues with those messing up the screen. At the very least, every macbook with a keyboard condom that I have seen in real life had the keyboard outline quite visibly imprinted on the screen surface. In fact if you scroll down on that amazon page, the product description has a link to a 'screen imprint protector' (a loose paper-linke piece of material) designed specially to protect against that issue. If you put a condom on it and have to carry around a loose screen protected and put it on every time you close the lid, then its kind of sad to say that there's not a gigantic issue with the machine or that that's a trivial solution. Also I've also read stories of people using those keyboard condoms and still having the keyboard break.
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cannonedhamster 7y ago
The keyboard attracts dust easily. It's not that dirty. I'd wager most people have one as or dirtier than what you see there.

jdsully 7y ago

Looks like dandruff. Some people are prone to it and can't really help it.

ethbro 7y ago
https://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Hair-Spun-Bonded-Polypropylene-White/dp/B002XK2FS0 https://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Hair-Spun-Bonded-Polypropy...
Groxx 7y ago
Though I sorta hate typing on them, keyboard covers are a pretty effective way to mitigate it. But yea, that amount shouldn't be a problem for a keyboard. It's all outside of the contacts, and it's not blocking the motion. If it's actually enough to cause failure, I'd pretty solidly side on "this is designed wrong".
schappim 7y ago
>> Looks like dandruff. If true, the cause could be stress related. Probably from the keyboard not working...

txcwpalpha 7y ago

Ha, I find it funny that you consider this to be "such a dirty keyboard", when doing a google search for "dirty keyboard" turns up results that are apocalyptically dirty in comparison to the keyboard in this article. This one isn't spotless, but "wow that keyboard is dirty" wasn't even close to what I was thinking when I saw that picture. To answer your question more directly: my MBP keyboard is usually spotless due to my obsession with cleaning it, but even just spending half an hour working outside on a windy day, or using my laptop while at my parents house (who have two large dogs that shed a lot) will result in it looking like that. And to the article's point: such scenarios have lead to some very annoying keyboard issues with my MBP.

herpderperator 7y ago

Agreed. At least clean it regularly? Here's mine for reference, 1yr old 2018 model: https://i.imgur.com/t6wLOVx.jpg https://i.imgur.com/t6wLOVx.jpg

mtnGoat 7y ago
I concur, that is what mine looks like. I work indoors, and out and its never even remotely looked as dirty as the one in the article. Maybe all these folks saying keyboards always break and that that amount of dirt is nothing are the ones abusing them so much and needing replacements. My MBP is about 20 months old, i work on it 8-10 hours a day 5-6 days a week and i have had no problems with it whatsoever. I had a co-worker who had Palmoplantar hyperhidrosis(extremely excessive sweating of the hands). his keyboards were the grossest id ever seen, he used mechanical keyboards specifically and still had to replace them more than once a year... so nothing is bomb proof.

lone_haxx0r 7y ago

No reasonably built keyboard stops working because of that amount of dirt. I could bury my mechanical keyboard, dig it out, punch it, drop water on it and I bet it would still work correctly after drying it.

bdcravens 7y ago
When I was using a Das Keyboard I spilled numerous beverages on it and it kept going.
jolmg 7y ago
I think the concern is more hygienic than about a possible malfunction of the keyboard.
berbec 7y ago
A model M can function after being tossed into a fusion reactor, survive passage through the event horizon of a black hole, and (gasp) continue working when afflicted by keymageddon - tiny dust particles.

dear 7y ago

This: https://www.amazon.com/UPPERCASE-GhostCover-Premium-Keyboard-Protector/dp/B01MRKLH27/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1GI0JOB9T533E&keywords=macbook+keyboard+cover&qid=1563316228&s=gateway&sprefix=macbook+keybor%2Caps%2C-1&sr=8-4 https://www.amazon.com/UPPERCASE-GhostCover-Premium-Keyboard... $12. Problem solved.

the_pwner224 7y ago
You would willingly subject yourself to a keyboard condom? Those things feel so bad to type on. Iirc macbooks also have issues with those messing up the screen. At the very least, every macbook with a keyboard condom that I have seen in real life had the keyboard outline quite visibly imprinted on the screen surface. In fact if you scroll down on that amazon page, the product description has a link to a 'screen imprint protector' (a loose paper-linke piece of material) designed specially to protect against that issue. If you put a condom on it and have to carry around a loose screen protected and put it on every time you close the lid, then its kind of sad to say that there's not a gigantic issue with the machine or that that's a trivial solution. Also I've also read stories of people using those keyboard condoms and still having the keyboard break.

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cannonedhamster 7y ago

The keyboard attracts dust easily. It's not that dirty. I'd wager most people have one as or dirtier than what you see there.