I provided data, good job on avoiding the post just so you could continue building up Apple's stock prices.
To add to SpeedySnail - Redesigning a keyboard is not a simple task! Expecting them this year would have been nice but I'm sure Apple doesn't want to make the same mistakes.
The rub here is the space they have to work with in the current case is just not enough. Going back to the older (in my option the better) keyboard will require a complete redesign of the case which then cascades into redesigning most of the system! The only other option would be a complete redesign of what a keyboard is.
When you think of it the design of keyboards has not changed from the very start! Just look at the IBM Selectric typewriter used for computer terminals back in the day or even the still older TeleType terminals used by Western Union! All use the same design a column and row of wires which are shorted by a switch.
Maybe we'll see something new! How about an optical keyboard! Or, using piezoelectric sensors! And no, I don't want a glass touchscreen as they are just not comfortable hammering on for hours at end.
You figure even at full bore it would take a good two years between the engineering and then building samples to test out. I think we should see something pop this fall or winter.
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So why didn't they redesign it completely? Again guys, if it were THAT bad, it would be changed. They didn't even bother changing it in 2019.
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You can watch what they do and understand if there is a big problem. Look what Samsung did when the Fold and Note 7 were design flaw problems.
Companies can't just sit back when there are serious issues, safety concerns, or a design flaw that impacts every device. Can't happen.
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Tell me more about class action lawsuits that never go anywhere.
Apple sold 300M devices in 2018. What about a few keyboard issues makes them incompetent or a non premium brand? Some products have issues...they are taking care of them (unlike many hardware companies).
What I'm trying to convey on this forum is not every problems is a design flaw, utter incompetence, or Tim Cook's evil doing.
The keyboards have some issues...but you guys DO NOT know the severity of them. Apple does. They CHOSE to not redesign the keyboard in 2019. I am inferring that means the issue is not that severe.
You don't agree? Fine...but don't act like you know because people tell you stories.
Remember the XS having a design flaw in the antenna? Where did that go?
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If they were concerned, they wouldn't have rolled out the same keyboards in 2019.
So far the older unibody & retina keyboards hold up better than the 2016 onward keyboards. Sorry that's the truth as hard as you might to discount the facts.
The reason you are so convinced its not is you are not a heavy typist. Those that are, are the ones that the keyboard is failing on. The fact the more heavily used keys are the ones that go (space bar, vowels and some consonants like R,S & T. If you are a mathematician you might encounter numerical and symbol keys get worn.
Yes, Apple has tried very hard to improve the Butterfly as it would be more costly to backoff the basic design that they are locked in presently. Apple also needs the think what is the cheaper direction and also how not to effect the bottomline.
For many users that don't type that much the newer MacBook Pro's are nice! But, if you are a serious writer I would stick with the older 2015 MacBook Pro's. Have you noted the value of these older systems has increased! As people are wiseing up.
