Anyone else apprehensive about buying a 16"

[MuGeN PoWeR]

I would, especially if you can find a sucker willing to give you a decent price on the 2018. The piece of mind that comes with not having a keyboard with a design flaw is hard to put a price on.

apple is giving me 1400 for it!

 

[redheeler]

It's always something that's a risk being an early adopter. This is one time where I really feel that most of the previous issues have been solved and I don't think we'll be seeing any big issues from this machine (butterfly keyboard, overheating, etc.) I'm confident in this machine though and so far, it's been great for what I'm using it for without any hiccups.

The 16" is more of a refinement / improvement of the earlier design rather than a full redesign. The keyboard isn't new, but based on the iMac keyboards in use for years now. This makes me confident the normal early adopter risks aren't as present here.

They didn’t really admit they are flawed. Even if they are fixed in the 2019’s Apple put them on the list for reassurance to people that if anything happens it’s covered for 4 years. The name butterfly makes people think there is a flaw. They basically had to put the 2019’s on the program for this reason. Even if the new materials fixed the keyboard. Which I believe it does. It still gives people reassurance That you don’t have to about it.
Still though that’s not admitting they are flawed by design.

It's still a bit too early to know for sure whether or not the 2019 Butterfly keyboards fix the reliability issues. I'd rather not take the chance though, and the 16" begins the return to the tried and true scissor mechanisms - this is about as close as you'd ever get to a company the size of Apple admitting their product, one still being actively marketed and sold (the 13" models), is flawed.

 

[MuGeN PoWeR]

🤷‍♂️ And what if the 16” models end up with a different widespread hardware issue that surfaces down the road? At least there’s already a repair program in place for the 2018 models if there’s any keyboard problems.

I say if you’re not having any problems and it‘s performing well, don’t sell for something that may never happen, especially if you have AppleCare. If I had any keyboard issues I would probably repair and sell, unless they replaced it with a 16” model, but until then I actually like the typing experience on the butterfly keyboard.

some how i like typing experience on butterfly better than the other one! As of right now my E key is double typed sometimes! apart from that i love this computer.

 

[Macshroomer]

Nope

 

[iemcj]

🤷‍♂️ And what if the 16” models end up with a different widespread hardware issue that surfaces down the road? At least there’s already a repair program in place for the 2018 models if there’s any keyboard problems.

I say if you’re not having any problems and it‘s performing well, don’t sell for something that may never happen, especially if you have AppleCare. If I had any keyboard issues I would probably repair and sell, unless they replaced it with a 16” model, but until then I actually like the typing experience on the butterfly keyboard.

To be fair, users were already having problems with the keyboard right out the gate. It was just written off as a "Fringe" issue until more and more people piled in and it got into the news.

Judging from what I've seen here really the only 2 possible issues would be the screen ghosting, or the coil with the fans. I'm really not seeing any other reports?