henrybay

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

macplusplus said:

henrybay said:

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. 

 

No, the Touch Bar cannot go down when your software goes down because it is operated by a different operating system, not macOS.

The Touch Bar is operated by a modified version of IOS (with elements of watchOS) therefore it can go down. No software is foolproof - not even operating system software. 

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. 

 

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. 

Um.....I think you forgot the Butterfly Keyboard