I had considered upgrading my trusty 2012 15” rMBP for a year or so, but keyboard reports beginning in 2016 kept me delaying the upgrade. I was going to wait until 2020 to see what Apple released, but that all changed yesterday. I backed over my computer bag.
My wife and I had traveled to be with my elderly mom for a few days and had unloaded the truck. Evidently, I leaned the computer bag against the right rear tire in order to get something else out of the rear seat and then forgot about the computer bag. I later backed the truck from under the carport and ran over something. When I saw that something. I knew the computer was toast. Thankfully, my iPad Pro with a back cover and Smart Keyboard was unscathed. The iPP was situated between two music books in the bag’s side pocket which evidently laid against the concrete as the tire rolled over the bag.
I’ve had laptops since 1997, and later iPhones and iPads, with never a mishap. This made up for lost time. Pretty careless on my part, but at least it wasn’t a newer MBP. I keep looking for that silver lining.
The 2012 MBP is (was) the only computer I have, and I do a lot of research and writing. I’m now working from my 10.5 iPP, but it’s not optimal, and I have some apps that cannot be opened in iOS.
I keep devices for several years, so the keyboard issues with MBPs have me a little concerned. I’ve read that the 2019 keyboards seem better, but the jury is still out. Still, I have gotten really used to device integration and have no real desire to go back to Windows machines, not to mention that I’ve finally switched over to Pages and put MS Word on the shelf.
So . . . what to do? The iPP, as good as it is, is not an MBP replacement. I may have to roll the dice on a ‘19 MBP, hoping that the 2016 MBP keyboards created a narrative that continues unabated, despite the fact (hope?) that the butterfly keyboards have successively improved. Any thoughts?
My wife and I had traveled to be with my elderly mom for a few days and had unloaded the truck. Evidently, I leaned the computer bag against the right rear tire in order to get something else out of the rear seat and then forgot about the computer bag. I later backed the truck from under the carport and ran over something. When I saw that something. I knew the computer was toast. Thankfully, my iPad Pro with a back cover and Smart Keyboard was unscathed. The iPP was situated between two music books in the bag’s side pocket which evidently laid against the concrete as the tire rolled over the bag.
I’ve had laptops since 1997, and later iPhones and iPads, with never a mishap. This made up for lost time. Pretty careless on my part, but at least it wasn’t a newer MBP. I keep looking for that silver lining.
The 2012 MBP is (was) the only computer I have, and I do a lot of research and writing. I’m now working from my 10.5 iPP, but it’s not optimal, and I have some apps that cannot be opened in iOS.
I keep devices for several years, so the keyboard issues with MBPs have me a little concerned. I’ve read that the 2019 keyboards seem better, but the jury is still out. Still, I have gotten really used to device integration and have no real desire to go back to Windows machines, not to mention that I’ve finally switched over to Pages and put MS Word on the shelf.
So . . . what to do? The iPP, as good as it is, is not an MBP replacement. I may have to roll the dice on a ‘19 MBP, hoping that the 2016 MBP keyboards created a narrative that continues unabated, despite the fact (hope?) that the butterfly keyboards have successively improved. Any thoughts?