Is Anyone "On the Fence" About the rMB Keyboard?

[brookter1]

After a few days you will get used to it. I absolutely love the keyboard. I type 120wpm and come from using an ergonomic (Kinesis Advantage) keyboard with my desktop computer. Very different typing experiences but I must say I really enjoy the typing experience on the rMB.

I have exactly same setup (without the 120wpm) and I agree: the rMB and the Advantage are very different, but both are excellent to type on.

 

[throAU]

I doubt this very much. RSI is something that occurs over a long period of time, typically a couple of years - not a few months. It's much more likely that her condition had been building for a while and it simply became noticeable whilst using the rMB.

Possibly. But I doubt that.

Either way she bought an iMac for large amounts of data entry and kept the macbook for light use when away from the desk.

Had been using an MBA exclusively for 4 years without any issues (and types > 120 wpm and has for 10+ years), within 3 weeks of getting the Retina Macbook her hands hurt.

Make of that what you will.

I don't think it is entirely co-incidental.

Maybe its the way she types - and yes I agree it probably demands a lighter touch.

Either way, if you are a fast typist, it is something to look out for, and see if it is something you can live with or adapt to.

 

[Hook85]

Had been using an MBA exclusively for 4 years without any issues (and types > 120 wpm and has for 10+ years), within 3 weeks of getting the Retina Macbook her hands hurt.

Then the RSI was definitely not not caused by the rMB. RSI does not occur within such a short period. It is semi-permanent damage that is caused by a repetitive action over a period of months and years. Feel free to blame the rMB, but it is not medically possible for it to be the cause.

 

[The Phazer]

Try typing with a lighter touch. If you pound on this keyboard, you will blow right through the feedback points and only feel the hard stop when you bottom out the keys on the hard underlay.

A light touch means you don't get enough feedback registering to know if you've properly hit the key or not, dramatically reducing typing accuracy.

 

[maflynn]

I've only played with the keyboard in an apple store and I felt it was ok, and if I opted for this computer, I'd get used to it. I could be wrong of course and only time would tell if I would (I'm not planning on buying one however).

 

[zhenya]

A light touch means you don't get enough feedback registering to know if you've properly hit the key or not, dramatically reducing typing accuracy.

Absolutely not the case. This keyboard, like many other 'mechanical' or similar boards has a feedback point independent of bottoming out the key. If you use just enough pressure to activate that feedback but no more, so you avoid bottoming out, you are at your most efficient because you are not wasting time pressing keys further than necessary, or in the case of the Macbook, tiring out your fingers from bottoming out against the hard backing.

 

[petvas]

After a week with the Retina Macbook and I have gotten used to the keyboard. I actually quite like it and I have certainly no problems typing with it. Overall I love my rMB.

 

[RUGGLES99]

I never was on the fence. I thought the kb was great from the moment i first tried it at the apple store and at best buy. Now that i finally bought it i find it a bit better than my 2014 macbook air 11" . And its better than my apple bt kb that i use with my mac mini. In fact, i'd hope to see a version of the rmb kb replace the dated mac bt kb.