2016 rMBP keyboard repaired feels different (in a good way)

[Fzang]

Y'know, the one with the sticky keys. Whole top case assembly swapped.

It feels... different? Keys feel both a bit quieter and more uniform in travel now. I keep reading 'Apple will only replace keyboards with the same components' though. Could it be, or was my old keyboard just really really borked, and I had just gotten used to that life?

Not that it bothers me, since everything is objectively better now. I'm just curious.

 

[jerryk]

Likely you now have the 2017 keyboard design in your system. It had a better feel and was a little quieter and supposedly is what Apple stocks.

 

[pshifrin]

2016 and 2017 keyboards are replaced with 2017s and 2018 and 2019 are replaced with 2019s, assuming its done correctly

we’ve had to do many of them with our company laptops unfortunately

 

[Fzang]

That’s great!

Now I can tell myself that I’ve basically gotten a new computer, so that I may resist for a few more years 😏

 

[Appledoesnotlisten]

That’s great!

Now I can tell myself that I’ve basically gotten a new computer, so that I may resist for a few more years 😏

I have had 3 top cases replaced with the same year (2017 to 2017) and all 3 times keyboards felt different. I believe it depends on a particular supplier.