Macbook keyboard poll

[maflynn]

I don't own the keyboard but I was not really jazzed up bout the key travel when I played with it at the apple store. Plus I am concerned about its longevity given some of the threads I've seen here

 

[navaira]

I don't own the keyboard but I was not really jazzed up bout the key travel when I played with it at the apple store.

I had the same experience. It felt like typing on the desk and half of my keystrokes didn't register. While I've seen a lot of people posting that one gets used to it, it feels to me like goat cheese – I can't stand it, lots of people told me I'll get used to it if I eat it regularly but I don't really feel like eating something I dislike so that I stop disliking it.

At the moment I have a Microsoft Sculpt (IMO Microsoft make one thing right and it's keyboards) and an Air and both have very similar feel and travel, which fits me perfectly. What people also wrote is that once you get used to the rMB keyboard you have problems switching back to anything else, which is somewhat worrying for someone who uses more than one computer.

 

[maflynn]

It felt like typing on the desk and half of my keystrokes didn't register. While I've seen a lot of people posting that one gets used to it, it feels to me like goat cheese

I don't know about goat cheese 😛 but I have a new apple wireless keyboard and it has a similar feel, i.e., very small key travel and its keys seemed closer to together. I tried using and getting used to the keyboard but that keyboard kept slowing me down significantly I finally gave up and started using my old external keyboard.

 

[navaira]

When you edit my sentence like this it looks absolutely hilarious 😉 no, the keyboard does not LITERALLY feel like goat cheese. *chuckles*

I really hope Apple don't put this low-travel keyboard in all their products anytime soon. Oh well. My Air is safe, my Sculpt is safe. And in five years we'll probably think commands at the computer.

 

[David58117]

It took buying a rMB and using it regularly, but - I actually prefer it now.

Once you get use to it, it feels so much tighter! Typing quickly is much easier and feels better, while the old style keyboards feel like marshmallows.

It's funny, because I thought the keyboard was terrible each time I walked over to the rMB and tried them at the store.

But using it regularly changed me..it really is better than the old style, I think.

 

[Trey M]

My concern with the keyboard isn't about the feel-- I actually liked the small travel and bigger key format. My concern is all about the durability/reliability of individual keys which many people here have pointed out.

This is an issue I think will become more prevalent over time. I had 2 units which I returned both since I found specific key issues on both machines.

 

[brentsg]

I don't love it or hate it.

 

[zamboni52]

Just buy Applecare and if the keyboard degrades over time and Apple improves it, I'm sure they will take care of you. I have no doubt that Apple will support its products.