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henrybay said:

How can the new MacBook keyboard be better than the old one? Give me a break. There is virtually zero key travel! The old MacBook Air had one of the best keyboards ever - millions of users around the world didn’t just like it - they loved it.

The only reason Apple persists with this ridiculously shallow butterfly keyboard is because they have invested so much money into the project and are too proud to admit they made a mistake. 

Watch the numerous youtube video reviews of the new MacBook Air and notice how lukewarm the reviewers are towards its keyboard. None of them rave about it - they just tolerate it. Hardly a glowing endorsement. 

Apple designers your new butterfly keyboard is too S H A L L O W. It needs more key T R A V E L. No amount of silicon glue will fix this problem - it needs to be redesigned. 

Personally I think it has to do with certain people have very acidic finger oil/acid that eats thru the screen coating. There were many many screens that needed replacement just because the screen kept touching the keys. 

anton zuykov said:

but a $499 model could serve a larger audience

And a $199 model could serve even greater audience.
Don't get me even started on a $99 model...

You guys are so stupid its all about market share "if we sell 1 billion at a penny profit" . I mean look at all those other companies destroying Apple.  /s

Oh my gosh!! The PC crap is cheap for a reason and its not that Dell or HP or Lenovo are thinking of the customer. They have no choice but to sell it for a small profit because the market is flooded with $99 to $200 junk that people are willing to take a chance on. This only forces prices even further down. Its a complete race to the bottom by making it up in volume. I can't tell you how many $1000 Dell towers I have purchased with power supplies that fail after just a year. I can't figure out how they make money sending techs to replace power supplies on site. HP is worse for quality.

I haven't been happy last few years on Apple's events but I am sure the mega campus was sucking the development dry. Finally up to par with what Apple events should look like. This was a home run for hardware. I still was hoping for some other color on the AirPods than white.

Just my two cents. The Apple computers and phones have been nearly bullet proof for me. Yes, maybe an occasional power cord and mouse but the CPU worked year after year. I swear I ran that Quadra 800 for almost 20 years, finally thru it out but it was working. I usually give away my stuff to parents and friends. I am writing this on my 6 1/2 year old MBPr using latest Mojave OS and its great! Still very fast with CAD and Parallels running Windows 10 Pro. I love the fact I can run Windows updates and let it take forever and a day but still be working over on the Apple side, that is priceless. Just had the battery replaced and it appears that they replaced the whole top half of computer , not the screen but keyboard and maybe touch pad anyway I just want to use it for another 2 years. That would be 8 years for a $2,000 laptop, well worth it! Replace battery and top half of computer $200.00. Grand total $2,200 for 8 years of constant computer usage and people still think it's brand new.