MB style keys on the next MBP
I think I may have the answer as to why Apple didn't bother to update the keyboard on the latest MBPs.
Having used a MBA for a few days, I can confirm that the MBA's backlit keyboard isn't as neat as the MBP's - due to the gap between the keys on the MBA, the backlight reflects on the edges of the gap and the ridge between the keys, and the result is a slightly confusing arrangement of horizontal and vertical lines between the keys. With the current MBP keyboard that doesn't really happen as the keys but up against each other and the backlit keyboard is super-legible in low light conditions.
I suspect Apple may have to tweak the keyboard again before we see the new MBPs.
The more I use the MBA, the more I appreciate my MBP!
Having used a MBA for a few days, I can confirm that the MBA's backlit keyboard isn't as neat as the MBP's - due to the gap between the keys on the MBA, the backlight reflects on the edges of the gap and the ridge between the keys, and the result is a slightly confusing arrangement of horizontal and vertical lines between the keys. With the current MBP keyboard that doesn't really happen as the keys but up against each other and the backlit keyboard is super-legible in low light conditions.
I suspect Apple may have to tweak the keyboard again before we see the new MBPs.
The more I use the MBA, the more I appreciate my MBP!
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This seems excessively nit-picky.
Maybe he is being nit-picky (and it's probably not the reason that the new MBP has yet to be released) but the MBA back-lighting does look like hell.
The new flatter Apple keyboards are so much better in terms of feel and feedback than the previous versions and that on the current MacBook Pro. The spacing and movement allows very positive keystrokes which makes for fast as well as more comfortable typing. Keyboard feel is what elevates the MBA above the MBP in my opinion. To me this basic functional benefit is much more important than backlighting. Backlighting is a "nice to have", but keyboard feel is a "must have".
I think the exact opposite and, nit-picky or not I agree the MBA backlighting looks a helluva mess.
I'd be very happy if they just made the MBP keys translucent black as per the old TiBook and kept the actual key type and backlighting as they are.