Apple's New MacBooks Have a Keyboard Change You Might Have Missed

[darngooddesign]

I applaude, next step for the US consumers: use Meter, Kilogram and Celsius 🙂

Our keyboards don’t have those keys.

 

[ArrayDecay]

Duhhh...what's a glyph, George?

 

[contacos]

The tiny enter [return - why?] key is still tripping me out on the US keyboard

 

[darngooddesign]

I’m surprised Alan Dye didn’t convince them to change the return key to a tick and the delete key to an x

X is close, not delete.

 

[Scipster]

Are we certain this is true? When you view the M5 Pro/Max in AR mode, the regular layout appears

 

[Kaiserschmarrn]

Looks much worse

 

[Eric_WVGG]

What takes the place of the TouchID button on the base Neo? Is it just a dumb power button?

 

[wellander1]

I applaude, next step for the US consumers: use Meter, Kilogram and Celsius 🙂

I live in the US and I already use those.

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Are we certain this is true? When you view the M5 Pro/Max in AR mode, the regular layout appears

It shows it on the M5 MacBook Air photos:

 

[Rychiar]

why not nix all the words then...

 

[Biro]

Aesthetic choice, subjective of course.

Not sure it’s just aesthetic. Putting glyths there means they can use the same keyboard in more markets.

 

[imdog]

I strongly prefer the text

 

[DEMinSoCAL]

Yet they leave the option, command, and control keys text?

 

[darngooddesign]

The tiny enter [return - why?] key is still tripping me out on the US keyboard

Your tall return key looks as weird to me as the non-stacked arrow keys on my old PowerBook.

 

[kaspurr]

Wish they also removed the wording on the lower keys, doesn't look uniform now.

 

[Tim Jobs the 2nd]

Not sure it’s just aesthetic. Putting glyths there means they can use the same keyboard in more markets.

Didn't think of that, I bet you're right

 

[bollman]

They added the text to option, command and control a few (well, maybe more than a few) years ago in Europe. Never liked it. The "option" key was "alt" before and I refuse to change. It is called control, alt and command. Nothing else.

 

[johnrlaporta]

That sucks. I’d like my text back.

 

[Jay-Jacob]

What? You mean US version have named keys on them and only just changed to symbols? I didn't even noticed that. UK keyboard been like this for years! This is keyboard I got when I brought M1 Mac Studio on launch day! It is just before they updated it to USB C ones.

 

[Tim Jobs the 2nd]

Are we certain this is true? When you view the M5 Pro/Max in AR mode, the regular layout appears

Go watch any YouTube review of the new products

 

[jz0309]

I think I will return my Neo unopened because of this … the world is coming to an end, again
/s

 

[johnrlaporta]

They added the text to option, command and control a few (well, maybe more than a few) years ago in Europe. Never liked it. The "option" key was "alt" before and I refuse to change. It is called control, alt and command. Nothing else.

The option key was never alt. Alt is a PC term. Macs only ever had an option key.

 

[podycust]

I was going to say going back even to the Magic Keyboard I got with my first Mac mini back in 2017 had them on! lol

 

[hajime]

Any change in the surface finish? My 16 years old Macbook Pro keyboard is much better than those in M1-M4 MacBook Pro 16" which wear off easily.

 

[johnrlaporta]

American already uses metric. All healthcare, science, and the majority of military/government are 100% metric, and all kids are taught it in elementary school.

Yes. Just leave my customary units alone for the road, and we are all set!