MrUNIMOG

I can't imagine what the benefit would be to have a wireless charger like that. Just a short USB-C to Lightning cable seems way more practical than this.

That's not to say I wasn't seeing the benefits of wireless charging in general. Having a stationary mat somewhere so you can just drop your AirPods, iPhone or whatever on absolutely makes sense. But this? I don't get it.

MplsP said:

I wonder if we took a poll asking which keyboard people preferred between the 2015-era scissor, the butterfly or the new 16" MBP keyboard, how many people would rank the butterfly at the top? I'm guessing not many.

Count me in. I loved the feel of my 2016 MBP's butterfly keyboard while it lasted; 2.5 years, until the TAB key started registering twice occasionally, so Apple replaced the whole topcase for free which gave me the 2017 version of the keyboard. I like typing on that one even better.

Given reliability finally isn't an issue anymore with the latest (2019) butterfly keyboard, I'm really sad to see it go away.
But I understand it was a necessary move from a marketing perspective, and at least will make those rejoice who disliked typing on the butterfly keyboards anyway.

I myself view it as a huge backstep though, as even the Magic Keyboard–while much better than the pre-2015 scissor keyboards–can't match the (2016-onwards) butterfly keyboards' precise feel, stability and clicky feedback by a mile.

urahara said:

I love the butterfly keyboard on my MBP 15' 2018.

I love the small travel distance.

Really helps me to increase my touch typing speed.

The majority of people (I am sure, here on the forum as well) do not touch type.

Let's ask touch typist (people who do not watch at the keyboard at all), which keyboard they prefer.

I love the butterfly keyboard.

The best keyboard ever.

This. A touch typist myself, a pretty fast one at that, I fully agree.

When typing on a scissor keyboard, I'm way slower than usual and make more mistakes.
Even on the "new" Magic Keyboard, trying to type at my usual rate is like trying to sprint through quicksand.
Actually more so than on the external magic keyboard with almost the same mechanism, don't know why though.

If there's one complaint I have about the 2017 butterfly keyboard in my 2016 MBP, it's the noise. But even that it seems isn't an issue anymore with the 2019 version.