Amusing: 2016 mbp keyboard anecdote

[profcutter]

So my wife has an MPH and is on high edge about the quarantine. She got worried about her keyboard, so she squirted soapy water all over the topcase of her 2016 MBP. She’s extremely smart, but sometimes acts without thinking. So I was like “oh my god why did you do that?!?” I toweled it off and she ran upstairs and put a hairdryer on it for 10 minutes. She then tried using it, and the “s” key was completely dead.

Knowing that the Apple stores are closed for the foreseeable future and that this is her only computer and she needs to work on it, I did the only thing an idiot would do: I took a butter knife and popped off the S keycap, blew on it a bit, now it’s working perfectly for the past 2 hours.

<wheeeew>

Too bad because I keep telling her she’s working too hard!

 

[chscag]

LOL, I remember years ago the way to clean those old IBM heavy noisy keyboards we used to love was to put them in a dishwasher. Cool water of course!

 

[MacDuggy]

Those soft thin transparent plastic keyboard mats are good for keeping dirt, grit, snot, whatever junk from falling onto or between the keys and don’t impede keying whatsoever.
That and the hard close fitting transparent plastic lid & bottom covers are the best $12.95 I ever spent on Amazon.

 

[profcutter]

Thanks for the tip, but I figure if this is the first accident in 4 years of ownership, she’s doing pretty good.

 

[acorntoy]

Thanks for the tip, but I figure if this is the first accident in 4 years of ownership, she’s doing pretty good.

We have a 2016 that still trucking along without failure. Solid computer.

 

[MacDuggy]

My maxed out mid 2012 MBP is still performing well above requirements. Slid off the desk once but the hard plastic lid & base covers and wall to wall carpet in the office saved it. I eat my meals while working and the transparent key mat keeps the crumbs, spills, sticky stuff from getting thru to the mobo. Best thing ever invented. My next laptop will probably be a high end ThinkPad running a Linux distro.

 

[profcutter]

She is on her second keyboard, so I wouldn’t say it’s been trouble free, but at least we know all is not lost if you lose a key!