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I doubt lasering those holes is particularly cheap, i.e. likely much (much) more than the cost of a big hole with an LED. But I do very much like them, and wou
by Groxx 5y ago
I doubt lasering those holes is particularly cheap, i.e. likely much (much) more than the cost of a big hole with an LED.
But I do very much like them, and would happily pay a bit to get it back.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoThey could manage it in a $80 keyboard when that tech was new and probably more expensive, I'd think they could do it in a $1500 laptop :) And a hole with a plastic insert would be fine for me too. It wouldn't be as minimalist but not doing it at all is much worse IMO.
- Groxx 5y agoMembrane keyboards are so incredibly common and simple to make that I'd be willing to bet they make dramatically more profit on that keyboard than on a $1500 laptop (proportional to price). Even after accounting for all the wasted R&D and refunds and repairs spent denying problems with their butterfly mechanism. So kinda yes... but also kinda no, I don't think that really supports a claim that it's cheap enough to do everywhere. But yeah, I'd totally be fine with an LED glued into a hole. The indicator is the important part, and it's a shame that it's gone.