YES, this. In a lecture it is deafening. I went back to the older MacBook Pro. I wasn’t comfortable making that much din. Ugh. I really hope the new one is quieter but it doesn’t really sound like it.
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2018 MacBook Pro's 'Quieter' Keyboard Compared to Previous MacBook Pro Keyboard
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I actually find that sound soothing. Apparently other people do as well- in my white noise/relaxing sounds app there’s a keyboard-typing-sounds preset.
There were a lot of people on the forum complaining about the sound. There were also a few complaining about the action of the keys and how some were sticking or unresponsive etc.
I had the 2016 and 2017 models and never had a problem with the keys. The sound didn't bother me.
didn't see that one coming! not..
posted on here earlier, that it must be the case. However, I think this is a band-aide solution. They will re-engineer it. I'm telling you now. Wouldn't be surprised if the rumored low cost book is tested out with something new.
posted on here earlier, that it must be the case. However, I think this is a band-aide solution. They will re-engineer it. I'm telling you now. Wouldn't be surprised if the rumored low cost book is tested out with something new.
And that would explain why the sound is dampened and perhaps also why they're so eager to advertise it as a feature for making the keyboard less noisy.
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Huh? Are you being serious? Maybe I'm missing something. Are you really saying nobody has keyboard problems or did something get lost in translation? Was that supposed to be read sarcastically?
Quiet matters to some people more than a system that runs cool enough to accept a good GPU.
The basis of volume comparison for the MacBook keyboard should be 2 generations ago. These keyboards are unacceptably loud and annoying. Has anyone been in a meeting with someone pounding away on one of these keyboards? Let me tell you, it's painfully loud and disruptive.
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why have i wasted the last 20 minutes of my life listening to "keyboard clicking" videos?
I know plenty of developers that go out of their way to use the older models of keyboards just for their "clacky" sound.
I know plenty of developers that go out of their way to use the older models of keyboards just for their "clacky" sound.
Never buying another Macbook Pro until these garbage butterfly keyboards are replaced with keys that travel, and are much quieter. The previous generation keyboards were vastly superior to this butterfly crap.
The keyboard didn’t bother me per se but for a $3000 laptop... yes quieter would have been better. I don’t understand why it took 3 years to figure it out.
Off the top of my head, 45w vs 15w I think. I could be misremembering that so you may wish to wait until someone else more knowledgable confirms or denies.
Touch Bar version used to be 45, and nTB used to be 15 up till 2017. Do not know of these new 2018 quad core chips.
There is no accurate way to measure the constant of 'finger pressure' or 'finger impact' to validate your experiment.
If you had programmed a robot hand to carry out the experiment this would be different.
If you had programmed a robot hand to carry out the experiment this would be different.
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I’m going to be honest with you Mustang, I have no idea a lot of what you’re posting, as another member alluded to also, but the most important thing in your post, is certainly the bolded. Otherwise, my response is I concur.
Well said. What is in bold definitely holds true no matter what. I also like his use of "therefore".
Seems both to me. Anyway, pitch is huge in terms of how annoying or distracting a sound can be/feel. To me the whole thing sounds a lot easier on the ears.
Apologies bud. My IRL nerd group is into mechanical keyboards (big time). Logic dictates if I'm into something then the whole world is into something and... well, as you can see "logic" doesn't really mean what I think it does.
Also, never go down the rabbit hole that is the world of mechanical keyboards.edit: my original quote was just my long, drawn-out, circuitous way of saying, "I agree with you. Mac laptop keyboards never seemed loud."
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Also, never go down the rabbit hole that is the world of mechanical keyboards.
Asks innocently, why so?
I know, I know.
/Mustang writes 5 page dissertation on switches - single spacedAsks innocently, why so?
I know, I know.
/forces macinsoshmac to subscribe to newsletter extolling the virtues of metal keycaps
/asks for blood sample to ensure worthiness
That's just to get the map that leads to the door of the guy who will tell you how to get to the Lyft driver who has the Waze routing to the rabbithole.