I could almost understand that, but it's not the same part - its a sort of half-way house between the old-style (excellent) key switch and the (horrible) new MBP keyswitch. Its not bad - and I stuck with it for several weeks before deciding it was just less comfortable and somehow more error-prone that the old keyboard, and switching back. Some people seem to like it (but then I know people who liked the hockey puck mouse and Windows Vista) but several others here have found the same as me: it feels OK at first but becomes uncomfortable after extended use (I think it is a combination of the angle and reduced "springy-ness"). However, I don't recall anybody complaining about the old keyboard unless they were die-hard full-travel people...
I had the first-gen Retina MacBook with the first butterfly keyboard and it was truly abominable. One of the worst keyboards I've ever used. I gave it a solid month because people were saying you "get used to it." I did sort of grow accustomed to how much it sucked? Got rid of that terrible laptop soon after.
Later on, I needed an external bluetooth keyboard and picked up the current "Magic Keyboard" -- it's a lot better than the rMB one, but still not as good as the older wireless keyboard. I'm not sure the Magic Keyboard has much more travel than the rMB one, but it definitely has more tactile feedback. It also makes a little more noise, which turns out to help a lot when your brain is processing the level of pressure you need to apply to the keys.
I was under the impression that the new MacBook Pro "second gen" butterfly keyboard was about the same as the Magic Keyboard I have. Is that not true?
On my iMac, I type on an obscenely expensive Topre keyboard and love it, but I'm also totally down for low-travel keyboards as long as there's some semblance of tactile feedback.
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