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They made working keyboards for years and have gone back to doing so. The bit in the middle was a blip.
by neilalexander 6y ago
They made working keyboards for years and have gone back to doing so. The bit in the middle was a blip.
- m463 6y agonah. the "gone back" wasn't far enough. I liked say the first generation macbook pro, with concave keys and longer throw (although the creaky case was not as nice as the sculpted aluminum ones) I had a friend with an old old powerbook and the key shape reminded me of a thinkpad. They can do it, but the flat short throw keys are too form over function.
- ArgyleSound 6y agoI, for one, prefer a keyboard that is comfortable to type on even if doesn’t have the greatest travel over a significantly thicker laptop.
- wlll 6y agoI still use a 2014 era Apple wireless keyboard and prefer it over any of the mechanical variants I’ve tried. Key travel distance is a personal metric.
- m463 6y agothe first macbook pro didn't have THAT long a throw. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/MacBook_Pro.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/MacBook_...
- wlll 6y agoRight, I had that mac and the KB was fine, as is the 2014 wireless model I have, despice neother being long throw. I'm fine with short throw, it's a preference. The 2016 keyboard fiasco was too far for me though, and even now with my 16" 2019 mac with the "fixed" keyboard, I still prefer the wireless 2014 model, or the KB from my 2014 MBP.