Keyboards are different on the Silver, SG, and Gold

[legioxi]

What does "rich feel mean". Its a fairly subjective phrase, making it difficult to compare.

They were mimicking the color choices in the keyboard feel. Gold -> rich, SG -> dull, silver -> like other macbooks

 

[Newtons Apple]

Thanks for the quick reply, but respectfully, I disagree with you. The keyboard on one computer is never identical with another. There's always a slight variation--subtle but slight.

I'm really speaking here to people who are sensitive (or crazy) to this degree.

I will agree with you that keyboards, all of them, might vary. I do not agree that the color of the MB has anything to do with it.

I am afraid your imagination has lead you down the wrong path of thinking.

 

[ucfgrad93]

I will agree with you that keyboards, all of them, might vary. I do not agree that the color of the MB has anything to do with it.

I am afraid your imagination has lead you down the wrong path of thinking.

Agreed. When you manufacture as many units as Apple does, there is bound to be some variation.

 

[tecnho]

Keyboards are different on the Silver, SG, and Gold

I think we all know that the tan M & M's were and always will be, the best!

The tan ones show much more scratches and fingerprints in my opinion. I think an M & M color poll is in order.

 

[0007776]

Wow, thats a big word 🙂

Like I said, for clarity, my first impression using the God Macbook that was delivered to my house compared to the Gold one in the store was "Hmmm, this keyboard feels harder to press than the ones in the store".

I might have to stop by to the Apple store and check to make sure I am not imagining it, but to my finger memory, it feels harder to type.

That would make sense as the store models likely have a lot of people who have tried using them already so the keys may have loosened up due to wear.

 

[CD3660]

They were mimicking the color choices in the keyboard feel. Gold -> rich, SG -> dull, silver -> like other macbooks

I think usernames.taken was being ironic / sarcastic, apart from humorous. However, it might just be misapprehension on my part. 😀

I'm typing this on my Space Grey 1.3. The keyboard is a dream, but It's the only one I've tried. 😀 😀

 

[azzawaba]

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I'm holding on to the silver because I'm inclined to think at this point that only the silvers have softer keyboards than the others.
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Am I imagining this?
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This is the scientific approach. First of all, robertfrancis, you are not crazy no matter if this is just imagination or actually difference between the models.

This is the first time apple is making space grey and gold MacBooks. They have made silver for ages. So, they have very much experience with the mechanical properties of the silver anodized aluminium. The anodizing process adds from between a few microns to about 100 microns. This is extremely little. However, in the new retina MacBook, geometric production tolerances are probably close to micron level to get such a tight and stable construction as the rMB is. If the gold and space grey anodizing process varies slightly by "a few microns" it can lead to an overall "out of tolerance" compared to the silver. Not noticeable by me or anyone else, but noticeable by you which has a higher trained skill for keyboard sensitivity accuracy due to extensive typing or other reasons. It does not have to be like this, but it is plausible. It also might be due to the fact that the grey and gold are produced on another production line and the silver is produced separately. But I would not immediately turn down your feeling of difference as pure psychological.

just my thoughts

 

[Dayv]

I would call the OP crazy but I really have been finding the keys stiffer on the Gold MB I own vs the Gold I tried in the store. All day I've been like, "these keys feel a little uncomfortably stiff".

Try painting the computer a different color?