Good! That .68 inch body is killing my back.
I have the original rMBP 15" and I've never had an issue with the keyboard. But, I did have the entire top replaced, so I did essentially get a new keyboard last year. But I have no problems.
I tried typing on a Toshiba with flat, glossy plastic keys. Wow.
Yay, smaller batteries!
Hey great. Thinner Laptops with less robust graphics (R.I.P. discrete cards?) and fewer ports. Yea!
Good thing too!The Retina MacBook Pro keyboards feel perfect. We're discussing the MacBook keyboard in this thread, not the Retina MacBook Pros.
Thinness...where will it end?
Sometimes I think Apple can't wait for the day when they can replace the the keyboard and trackpad with an iOS-enabled glass slab.
In my opinion I don't see this as a way to just make Macs thinner but I see it as more of a good innovation in keyboards. Just because they have this kind of keyboard doesn't mean they have to reduce the size of the computer (although for some models in sure they will) but what it will mean is a completely new typing experience that probably will change computing moving forward. People cry that apple lacks innovation but this is one of the more innovative patents they've been granted in a long time.
Well, I wouldn't want it as it stands. Make it so it switches to an iOS interface (or other similarly touch-designed interface) when I detach the keyboard, however, and I would buy this so fast I'd probably strain something.Why not an OS X tablet with a keyboard that can be added or detached?
Oh... "no one wants that", right-right, got it.
A thinner iMac? FINALLY.
It's the one thing that's been holding me off replacing my 2008 iMac with optical drive. I just hope it's a lot lighter, too. That's the other thing that bugs me, whenever I have to carry it around. /s
Oh Apple, I don't even know what to say anymore...
Green computing my ass, when all yourproducts are so hard to repair without forking over the serious dough for your out-of-warranty repairs, which is silly, because I am skilled, but I also know that adhesives are just a PITA.
Green my ass...
By removing the shift and option keys from the keyboard, apple can make the laptop even thinner.Push hard for CAPS. Push harder for BOLD CAPS.
The Macbook keyboard feels awful (and I'm sure I'll get some heat for saying so on here) so I hope this new patent if it gets used by Apple results in a better typing experience when dealing with such a thin keyboard structure.
EDIT:// Just to stop any confusion from people replying to me, I am referring to only the 12" Retina MacBook keyboard and not the Airs or Pro notebooks which have perfectly fine keyboards in my opinion.
Thinner macs? How much thinner can they get? Invisible computing? Wtf..