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  • Apple's 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro keyboard expected to shift to scissor mechanism

    henrybayhenrybay
    I really hope this is true. 

    The Butterfly Keyboard is a flawed design, and not just a matter of preference. Here’s why. 

    Keyboard travel is like cushioning in a sports shoe. If there is insufficient depth of cushioning, the shoes will feel harsh to run in. Similarly, a lack of key travel makes typing feel like pounding your fingers on concrete. 

    This harshness can’t be fixed a adding softer membranes under the keys, because the problem is one of physics, not materials. 

    By compressing the key travel distance, as Apple has done, they have also compressed the keystroke duration to about 40 milliseconds - which causes the keys to ‘bottom out’ too early. This lack of travel is insufficient to allow a soft landing of the fingertips on the aluminium frame.  

    Sure, you could argue that you can get used to shallow keyboard travel - like you can get used to running shoes with no cushioning. But after you’ve run a few miles (or pounded out a few thousands words), the lack of cushioning takes its toll. 

    This is why it is so critical that Apple increases the amount of travel in the next generation of MacBook keyboards. 

    chemengin1

  • Comparing the features of the Surface Book 2 vs 13-inch 2019 MacBook Pro

    henrybayhenrybay
    But how do they keyboards compare on these two computers? Surely, the review should cover the way we actually interact with the machine. 

    watto_cobra

  • Review: Apple's 2019 13-inch MacBook Pro is an excellent, inexpensive workhorse

    henrybayhenrybay
    The butterfly keyboard is a dealbreaker. Until Apple replaces it, every MacBook is problematic. 
    irelandGeorgeBMacwilliamlondonmuthuk_vanalingamanantksundaramdysamoriazroger73

  • Sales of iPhones down year-on-year despite popularity of iPhone XR in US

    henrybayhenrybay
    iPhone 8 is still the second best seller. A lot of people obviously love their home button. Apple, please take note of this clear market signal and keep a home button on at least one of the upcoming new iPhones. Call me old fashioned but I love my home button. 
    cgWerksapplesnoranges

  • Comparing the new 13-inch MacBook Pro with the 2017 Function Keys model

    henrybayhenrybay
    So DUMB! If the software goes down we can’t Escape because the Escape goes down too. And how many people use the Touch Bar anyway - probably 1% or 2% of users. 

    Who is making these crazy decisions at Apple? Probably the same people who created the worst keyboard in the history of computers - the butterfly keyboard. 

    Surely these folk must secretly work for an Apple competitor, and they are trying to sabotage its MacBook range. 

     
    williamlondondougdanantksundaram