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I've been using Macs for nearly 2 decades, and the mice and keyboards are always the worst parts of the experience. Even cheap $20 peripherals are better. What
by fiblye 6y ago
I've been using Macs for nearly 2 decades, and the mice and keyboards are always the worst parts of the experience. Even cheap $20 peripherals are better.
What amazes me is seeing people selling old Macs on ebay with mice and keyboards that still work. Mine break in a matter of months. Keyboards die when dust gets under them, sweat would accumulate in old mouse scrollballs and make them unusable, and so on. I guess they just keep them in the box until they're ready to sell.
- daveoflynn 6y agoI don’t want to argue that the keyboards and mice are perfect, but we have two magic keyboards, two mice, and one gen1 trackpad that have all been extremely reliable. All are +/- 10 years old. Well, one mouse and one trackpad didn’t survive a recent toddler/tile floor situation. But that’s not Apple’s fault ;)
- pier25 6y agoI agree. For example, recently I went back to a cheap 5 year old Logitech keyboard because my expensive Magic keyboard got stuck keys. It didn't even last 2 years of use. The Logitech one still works flawlessly. I removed the key cap but the problem was in the switch itself.
- saagarjha 6y agoI assure you that they aren't. (Well some of them probably are, but many are not.) I've noticed that many people have drastically different views of durability with Apple's products–not between products, mind you, but between people. And these are people are are both using their products day in and day out, without doing obvious damage to it, but one will inevitably end up ruining it within a short period and the other one will have something that looks almost new by the end. I have a pet theory that there is some secret subconscious way of handling Apple products that some people learn and some never do, and this feeds the usual "Apple's cables {never, always} fray for me" debates.
- alchemism 6y agoI’ve refurbished old Thinkpads and Macs and handed them out to friends over the years. Ive also noticed a characteristic around handling equipment. Some people will inadvertently (subconsciously?) destroy what they use while others attempt to preserve it with religious diligence. I was particularly impressed when one acquaintance with a disturbed mind and bouts of homelessness returned a gift laptop to me after 5 years, thanking me for it and telling me he had bought his own. It was in utterly pristine condition, With not even a worn key. He had treated it better than himself.