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I love the KB on the 2018 MBP!
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MBP 2016 (2 top case replacements)
MBP 2017 (1 top case replacement)
MBP 2018
3 Macs for a total of 6 keyboards. But yeah, you’re right, I don’t have one and I’m just making things up. There’s no problem at all and everything is perfect in Apple Land
This must be the poorest attempt at trolling I’ve seen in some time.
Today I received my third MBP 2018. The first two went back because of keyboard problems. In the first one, some keys (especially E) registered twice. I installed Unshaky, but decided a €2500 computer shouldn't require extra software to make the keyboard usable. The second machine was worse. I, O, T, K, A registered twice. E registered once, twice...or not at all. In the last two days I sometimes had to really bang on the E key to get it to work.
So far the third one works perfectly. Four hours and counting!
As for the feel and sound, I love this keyboard, even though it seems I manage to accidentally press Space every now and then. I had the same problem with the previous two and with the 2016 rMB, so it's probably something I do, even if I have no clue exactly what that is. Mostly the extra spaces happen when I'm using the bottom row, which makes sense (sort of?), but the one I returned today added spaces completely randomly, no matter which keys I was actually pressing. Third time lucky, I hope. Customised Touch Bar + the membranes + the feel of the keys = the best keyboard I ever used. When it works.
So far the third one works perfectly. Four hours and counting!
As for the feel and sound, I love this keyboard, even though it seems I manage to accidentally press Space every now and then. I had the same problem with the previous two and with the 2016 rMB, so it's probably something I do, even if I have no clue exactly what that is. Mostly the extra spaces happen when I'm using the bottom row, which makes sense (sort of?), but the one I returned today added spaces completely randomly, no matter which keys I was actually pressing. Third time lucky, I hope. Customised Touch Bar + the membranes + the feel of the keys = the best keyboard I ever used. When it works.
Oh man. I knew you were having issues with one, did not know it had been 2. I hope 3rd time is a charm for you!
It takes some time to get used to it but I believe it is better than my old 2012 15" MBP. I had to revert to my old MBP tonight and as I type this comment I find my fingers hitting on the keys sidewalls while typing the letters and feel like I type on a sponge keyboard. The only downside of the new KB is the arrow keys than have no space between them, and makes navigation with them tricky. But I guess I will get used to them as well soon.
Wrong wrong wrong. Do your research before you post. Ninety nine percent of the keyboard complaints have been from folks who own 2016/17 MBP's and have had repeated problems with the keyboard. Make Google your friend next time and the light in your head will glow oh so brightly.
Just trying this keyboard out right now. I'm actually pretty ok with the reduced travel. I lived through everyone's rage at the original unibody chicklet keyboard in 2008, so hopefully I'll survive this time too.
Reliability I guess will remain to be seen, but my main gripe will forever remain the Touch Bar. I just tried to change the volume, and that "trick" of immediately dragging on the volume button is (a) messy visual UX having your finger be offset from the slider, and (b) broken because depending on the starting state of the slider, you actually run your finger off the Touch Bar before you finish your adjustment, meaning the only really reliable way to change audio or brightness now takes multiple steps. so thats a "step" backwards in my book.
Reliability I guess will remain to be seen, but my main gripe will forever remain the Touch Bar. I just tried to change the volume, and that "trick" of immediately dragging on the volume button is (a) messy visual UX having your finger be offset from the slider, and (b) broken because depending on the starting state of the slider, you actually run your finger off the Touch Bar before you finish your adjustment, meaning the only really reliable way to change audio or brightness now takes multiple steps. so thats a "step" backwards in my book.
It’s not corner cutting because it’s more expensive than using the traditional keyboard.
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Then they are complaining about the reliability, not the feel of the keyboard when it is working properly.
These are completely two separate problems please don’t mud the water with your poor logic.
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It’s not a step back because you don’t max out the volume with a single click of the volume up key either. They both require more than one press, but a maximum of two on the TB.
Double standards people, do you know what that means?
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press and hold the volume/brightness button on a traditional function row MacBook Pro. you can indeed max out on a single press.
but thats besides the point. the Touch Bar experience is "fiddly" in my experience so far. I'm sure I'll make do, but I'm not going to pretend like its perfect nor will I jump down people's throats defensively if they also find it kinda frustrating - which 2 years on continues to be a pretty common sentiment it seems.
I love the X1 Carbon keyboard as well. I am the same boat as you I love the 2016,2017 and 2018 keyboards as well. I'm not really sure why I like both but anyway. I find I cannot stand the old full travel keyboards like the Cherry MX or IBM style keyboards. Even though I'm so old that when I learned to type, that was "State of the Art".
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I actually like the typing feel on the new model, but they are exceptionally noisy! Typing next to the wife earns me a bunch of glares.