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I visited the Apple Store today and tried out the new MacBook Pro keyboards...
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I visited the Apple Store today and tried out the new MacBook Pro keyboards...
And it's obvious to me that Apple has forgotten what a good keyboard is. Typing on the new 2023 Apple Silicon MacBook Pros is like typing on concrete! I'm afraid my next computer after this 2015 Retina MacBook Pro will be another 2015 Retina MacBook Pro. Might as well. They're perfect. Retina screen. Magsafe 2. HDMI. And most of all, a great keyboard!
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Burnincoco
iMacDragon
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Honestly, I find my 2015 keyboard to feel mushy in comparison now. Though I think the lenovo keyboard on work laptop is definitely noticeably nicer to type on still.
What also surprised me while I was at the Apple Store was that Apple's desktop keyboards are also stiff, with shallow key travel. There's no reason for that! A desktop keyboard's case can accommodate as generous a key travel as the designer wants. Moreover, previous desktop keyboards from Apple, even chiclet desktop models, had more generous key travel than what I typed on at the store. Why would they go through the trouble redesigning a product to only make it worse? Nothing was stopping them from making their latest desktop keyboard at least as good as their last one. I'm beside myself in disbelief.
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russell_314
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I think you're in the minority with this opinion. Most reviewers put the MacBook Pro keyboard as the best or near the best laptop keyboard out there. Of course everything can be subjective so what other people like might not be what you like.And it's obvious to me that Apple has forgotten what a good keyboard is. Typing on the new 2023 Apple Silicon MacBook Pros is like typing on concrete! I'm afraid my next computer after this 2015 Retina MacBook Pro will be another 2015 Retina MacBook Pro. Might as well. They're perfect. Retina screen. Magsafe 2. HDMI. And most of all, a great keyboard!
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I disagree. Most reviewers with a history of buying MacBook Pros recognize a downward trend in their keyboards' key travel and comfort:I think you're in the minority with this opinion. Most reviewers put the MacBook Pro keyboard as the best or near the best laptop keyboard out there. Of course everything can be subjective so what other people like might not be what you like.
russell_314
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OK this video is talking about desktop keyboards. Unless you want Apple to glue a mechanical gaming keyboard to the top of the MacBook it's not going to happen. It's a laptop keyboard. Yes a gaming keyboard is going to be better.I disagree. Most reviewers with a history of buying MacBook Pros recognize a downward trend in their keyboards' key travel and comfort:
This is a 3/12 year old video mostly talking about the butterfly keyboard (Yes everyone hated it) and the next iteration. The current keyboard obviously isn't mentioned.
That was some quick Google searching and I'm sure if you try hard enough you'll find a video with someone disliking it. As I said everything is subjective. I just mean MOST people like it and think it's one of the best keyboards.
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