Is the spacebar in the MacBook Pro slightly higher/taller than the other keys?
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All of the photos of the MBP I see on Apple’s own website show a space bar as being the same height as the Command keys next to it.
You need to feel it? It’s unnoticeable if you look at pics or your own MacBook Pro
Oh, ok, I misunderstood your post. My bad. I can only say that it can’t be too tall or it would impact the screen.. literally.
I'd say it does feel a bit taller in my unit (MBP Pro 2019) compared to keys above it due to reason the keys are concave but command keys on either side feel the same height. But I guess that can vary from unit to unit depending on how well it was positioned during assembly and how much battery is pressing it. Probably the same thing as with trackpads, they can be even or some corner(s) lower/higher than others, which is also not visible visually but can be felt easily. My unit has trackpad tilted towards keyboard pretty noticeable with one corner being around the same level as chassis and getting very very slightly above when battery warms up. How it is in your unit?
My spacebar feels a slightly taller/higher, it’s only a little noticeable if I swipe the keyboard. Tha trackpad is well positioned. It is just weird (the feeling) when I was cleaning the keyboard with a microfibre
Probably just optical illusion but does it look like it is very slightly bulging up? Especially in the 3rd picture.
If you place a ruler on the spacebar and it going over the keys on the sides, do you see anything strange/obvious then? If not then it is probably fine.
If you place a ruler on the spacebar and it going over the keys on the sides, do you see anything strange/obvious then? If not then it is probably fine.
What? Do you mean it still appers bulging when placing a ruler on top of the keys?
About the battery, I'm not sure why, but in my unit it seems to move trackpad very very slightly as it warms up but as far as I know some expanding due to heat and charge state is more or less normal, I would have just expected casing to have some allowance for that. Anyway, in my unit I notice that mostly just because one corner of my trackpad is so close to even surrounding chassis when cold and that minimal expanding (like 0.05mm) due to heat causes it to go higher than the surrounding chassis. I probably would not notice it otherwise.
About the battery, I'm not sure why, but in my unit it seems to move trackpad very very slightly as it warms up but as far as I know some expanding due to heat and charge state is more or less normal, I would have just expected casing to have some allowance for that. Anyway, in my unit I notice that mostly just because one corner of my trackpad is so close to even surrounding chassis when cold and that minimal expanding (like 0.05mm) due to heat causes it to go higher than the surrounding chassis. I probably would not notice it otherwise.