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Why are we rehashing this for the 1000th time??

slimginz 6y ago
Slow news day?
bearcobra 6y ago
It's part of a series they've been doing for years highlighting the history of physical controls across all kinds of devices. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/1/31/18205570/button-of-the-month-column-hardware-physical-input-circuit-breaker https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/1/31/18205570/b...
zxcb1 6y ago
Because it is almost unbelievable that it happened; I can barely type on mine. I have all my hardware from 10+ years ago until now to compare with. Would return this one in an instant, if possible.
- zorbash 6y ago
  My first mac computer is the 2018 MBP which features the butterfly keyboard, it started failing after about 6 months of use. My previous laptop, a dell e6230 which runs Linux, feels almost as fast, especially for Docker stuff, has a fantastic keyboard and way better battery life. Can't see myself buying any Apple product after that.
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  - mercer 6y ago
    I bought a 2017 MBP and figured that surely it can't be that bad in practice. It was, to the point where I could barely type sentences without having to correct double-letter inputs. And that's without anything failing. Thankfully the laptop was insured and I got the 2019 16 inch model now (with the escape key and a working keyboard). Touchbar with BetterTouchTool has proven to be much more useful than I expected. But man was this a massive fuck-up. There's no way a 2000+ product should be able to malfunction in such a fundamental way! EDIT: also, pain. I'm pretty flexible when it comes to getting used to changes in input, so I expected to be okay with less key travel and whatnot. But a day of using the new keyboards /felt/ different. My hands/wrists would hurt. This was only with the MBP with the new keyboard. Whenever I used my old MacBook Air or even the new Magic Keyboard I had no issues. I can't tell for sure, but while it feels a lot better, even the new 16 inch MBP leaves my fingers a bit more sore than the mushier 2013-era Air.

Slow news day?

It's part of a series they've been doing for years highlighting the history of physical controls across all kinds of devices. https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/1/31/18205570/button-of-the-month-column-hardware-physical-input-circuit-breaker https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/1/31/18205570/b...

zxcb1 6y ago

Because it is almost unbelievable that it happened; I can barely type on mine. I have all my hardware from 10+ years ago until now to compare with. Would return this one in an instant, if possible.

zorbash 6y ago
My first mac computer is the 2018 MBP which features the butterfly keyboard, it started failing after about 6 months of use. My previous laptop, a dell e6230 which runs Linux, feels almost as fast, especially for Docker stuff, has a fantastic keyboard and way better battery life. Can't see myself buying any Apple product after that.
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- mercer 6y ago
  I bought a 2017 MBP and figured that surely it can't be that bad in practice. It was, to the point where I could barely type sentences without having to correct double-letter inputs. And that's without anything failing. Thankfully the laptop was insured and I got the 2019 16 inch model now (with the escape key and a working keyboard). Touchbar with BetterTouchTool has proven to be much more useful than I expected. But man was this a massive fuck-up. There's no way a 2000+ product should be able to malfunction in such a fundamental way! EDIT: also, pain. I'm pretty flexible when it comes to getting used to changes in input, so I expected to be okay with less key travel and whatnot. But a day of using the new keyboards /felt/ different. My hands/wrists would hurt. This was only with the MBP with the new keyboard. Whenever I used my old MacBook Air or even the new Magic Keyboard I had no issues. I can't tell for sure, but while it feels a lot better, even the new 16 inch MBP leaves my fingers a bit more sore than the mushier 2013-era Air.