Apple Expected to Adopt Keyboard With Scissor Mechanism for Upcoming 16-inch MacBook Pro

[MacBookAfficionado]

I think if they can combine the tactility and stability of a butterfly switch with the key travel and reliability of a traditional scissor switch they could have something really interesting.

Sure, Apple likes to buck tradition seemingly just for the sake of being different so they can say they're different, but if they go back to the old days of 'here is something that works, let's make the best version of it' I'll be satisfied

 

[Darth Tulhu]

Bring back all the useful ports, while you're at it.

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Ah, the good old days:

Seriously, if they'd just replace FW and TB for TB3/USB-C and it'd be heaven right there.

 

[psingh01]

The real "pro" feature

 

[BootsWalking]

They'll be using the scissors to metaphorically cut out the usability and reliability horror show that Jony Ive's obsession with form and thinness left behind.

 

[yAak]

Hopefully it's targeted at professionals that actually need a portable, powerful Mac with ports and working buttons & keys...

...as opposed to users that primarily need a lightweight email & web browser laptop but feel like they need an expensive Mac to do that.

 

[longofest]

Next can we bring back magsafe?

 

[yAak]

Ah, the good old days:

Seriously, if they'd just replace FW and TB for TB3/USB-C and it'd be heaven right there.

We miss, you, MagSafe!

 

[psingh01]

Intel or Apple silicon tho? that's all I care about.

Hopefully intel. Not only for existing software compatibility but for virtualization. If apple switches to arm I might just go iPad only or at most the lowest end Mac if I needed it for development work.

 

[subjonas]

If the butterfly mechanism has better stability than the scissor mechanism as they claim, I’d think the better course of action would be to make the butterfly mechanism taller with greater key travel, not revert back to the scissor mechanism. That would take care of both the key travel issue and the dust/particle issue—if those are the only issues—and would maintain all advantages.
This is the first I’ve heard about a heat issue, but maybe this would solve that as well.

 

[fokmik]

CHRISTMAS IS COMING

Make it thin enough and even the scissor mechanism will fall under the dust and heat
Please Apple, no more than 0.4mm key travel...

 

[Rogifan]

So he’s sticking crap on the wall to see what sticks.

 

[nameste]

I am glad I returned my 2019

 

[fokmik]

Watching every motion
In my foolish lover's game
On this endless ocean
Finally lovers know no shame
Turning and returning
To some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion
As you turn around and say

Take my breath away Apple

 

[Rogifan]

They'll be using the scissors to metaphorically cut out the usability and reliability horror show that Jony Ive's obsession with form and thinness left behind.

And that hardware engineering, operations and marketing apparently also signed off on.

 

[kemal]

The butterfly isn't inherently bad. The precision and stability of the 2016-era keyboard are great. They just need to be more reliable and have more travel. I hope they don't throw the baby out with the bathwater...

With no reliability and no travel, there is no baby.

 

[smetvid]

Bring back all the useful ports, while you're at it.

No

Switching it all USB-c was one of the smartest things Apple has done in a very long time. I have an older 2011 17" MBP that is stuck with crappy ports that are no longer very useful like FW800 and USB2. USB-c allows the MBP to adapt to any new future connection technology and prolong the life of an otherwise perfectly good computer.

The CPU and RAM in my 2011 is perfectly fine but the ports and horrifically slow GPU with no support for Metal really kills its usefulness today. If it had all TB3 ports I could have added a eGPU and all the USB 3.1 I could ever want to keep a perfectly good system usable.

You can buy a pair of USB-c to USB3.1 adapters for $6.

 

[MrGunnyPT]

I love the rounded edge-to-edge display in the mockup there...is there any evidence that's actually coming?

We don’t know yet.. But I’m sure there’s something along the line in LG roadmap

 

[farewelwilliams]

would rather have nvidia graphics over scissor keyboards..

 

[MallardDuck]

As a groundbreaking revolutionary feature apparently

I can just see the last Jony video, slow pan, monochrome, extolling the virtues of the innovative new keyboard. When a butterfly flaps its keys in Cupertino, the whole world suffers (ode to chaos theory).

On a serious note though, this, by itself, may be enough to get me to upgrade from the 2018 model I'm using now.
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would rather have nvidia graphics over scissor keyboards..

Ok, that, plus the keyboard would *definitely* trigger an upgrade.

 

[frozen220]

I hope to God this is true, and that the Macs look like the render.

Umm, please no. Why the hell would anyone want curved screen edges??! I hate it on iPhone when watching movies full screen and I'll hate it on a MacBook as well. It's just dumb.

 

[Scott6666]

Apple reinvents keyboards, again!

Must be more "courage"

 

[BODYBUILDERPAUL]

Bring back all the useful ports, while you're at it.

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OH GOD NO!!!

 

[Scott6666]

I am glad I returned my 2019

This news should depress notebook sales this year but watch for the big bump next year.

 

[Sascha1887]

You think the logo glows again?

 

[dennischen]

Is there really room in the market for 15" and 16" models? What will be the differentiation other than the screen size?