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2018 MBP space bar LED
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SDColorado
macrumors 601
Looking at mine from the a certain angle, which I think more or less replicates the position of yours (laptop tilted maybe about 45 degrees?) I can make out 4 LED's to a varying degree. The two center ones being most prominent.
Yup I see this on my 2018 model as well. Seems normal from what I've seen of others
Brookzy
macrumors 603
There have been other threads on this. It is due to the silicone barrier under the keys.
Lennyvalentin
macrumors 65816
Why do you think the space bar has LEDs when the key is entirely opaque? That'd be ridiculous, quite franky. 😉 Literally burning power for no reason whatsoever. Most likely what you see is light leakage from surrounding keys' LEDs.
mr.anthonyramos
macrumors 6502a
If you take a look at your MacBook Pro in the dark, the led underneath does create an outline for the spacebar which makes it more visible. I think without it it would in turn look like Apple were being stingy with their design.
And battery consumption of these LEDs I would assume to be very negligible.
And battery consumption of these LEDs I would assume to be very negligible.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
I hadn't even noticed, but yeah I guess I can see them, I'm not worked up over it.
mr.anthonyramos
macrumors 6502a
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
you would think, but there are people getting worked up that one key is sounding different then another 😱
Faelan
macrumors 6502
This is not a manufacturing flaw. At worst, it's a minor cosmetic design flaw. It's still a major improvement over the mid 2014 model that I've been using for almost 4 years. It has that kind of effect going on for each and every key.
One could of course argue why it's even there when the space bar has nothing to light up. Well, I doubt each key has its own individual light source in the MBP. That's actually rare in anything but high end gaming keyboards where being able to control the color and intensity of the light in each key is a thing. You know... so you can impress your gamer friends with a nice rainbow colored light show (I think of them as modern day lava lamps). So what you're seeing is just light bleeding from elsewhere.
One could of course argue why it's even there when the space bar has nothing to light up. Well, I doubt each key has its own individual light source in the MBP. That's actually rare in anything but high end gaming keyboards where being able to control the color and intensity of the light in each key is a thing. You know... so you can impress your gamer friends with a nice rainbow colored light show (I think of them as modern day lava lamps). So what you're seeing is just light bleeding from elsewhere.
Newtons Apple
Suspended
I would think this is all a joke but then I remember where I am.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
The level of anal retentiveness is certainly reaching stratospheric heights these days.
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maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
I think MR does take the cake. I'm on other sites and they're a lot more forgiving on minor differences,
Faelan
macrumors 6502
I think it's more a case of people being a bit jumpy because of the ongoing keyboard issues with the butterfly switches. They just want to make sure that it's not an indication of a potential future problem. Making sure it's not a problem now is much less of a hassle than having to go an extremely inconvenient exchange 1 year down the road. Considering the price that people pay for these devices, I honestly can't blame them.
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MR is like a Buddhist temple during a meditation session compared to some of the gaming forums I frequent.
SDColorado
macrumors 601
I am waiting for a thread on whether people have one key on their keyboard where the white lettering is a slightly different hue from the others... wait... now that I am looking at my "M" key....
Painter2002
macrumors 65816
It certainly does seem that if you go to other tech sites. I think part of this is due to the exacting standards on design that Apple has that encourages people to over-analyze every little design detail, and for some reason the environment here on MR seems to prosper on these minor design "flaws". People have become spoiled, and forget to just enjoy their machine when it works just fine.
Disclaimer: I am talking about minor design characteristics that are normal, and not major issues like keyboard that interfere with actual usability of the laptop.
butterburger cookybutter
macrumors member
Well, I doubt you investigated the MacBook keyboard with butterfly mechanism. It is common knowledge and proclaimed by Apple, every single key has its own lamp.
Apple Newsroom (2015 MARCH 9) said:
Apple's "Spring Forward" media event (CDN / Apple)
http://p.events-delivery.apple.com....hbasfdv/refs/1503poihbsdfvpihb_sl_vod_ref.mov
The New MacBook - Design (youtube)
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New_Mac_Smell
macrumors 68000
I'd love to see the day we need to have a little * link at the end of that statement.
*Due to the spacebar having no identification marks, the keycap cannot be lit.
Maybe they should just write the word 'SPACE' on it, then it can be backlit, and Apple can stop lying to it's customers and short changing us on how many LEDs something has. Bloody Tim!