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typing on new non-TouchBar MBP is like emptying a AK47 machine gun
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It's more the people around you who may not like it. A loud clanking annoying keyboard is not appropriate in a lot of situations.
Growing up with it - hell no would I go back.
That doesn't sound like a "loud clanking keyboard" to me - but I will have to hear one in person first. Nearly every one of my desktop keyboards is definitely louder than that, though.
There is one quick way to piss me off.
Complaining about my keyboard noise.
Why: the loudest keyboard available today is a whisper when compared to the quietest keyboard shipped in 1999, but people seemed to be able to carry on with their lives then (and before that: in the days of typewriters).
I suppose humans haven't lost the ability to survive ~30 dB from a regular keyboard?
Keyboard noise pollution is down substantially since then, so it stands out more now.
That doesn't even sound louder to me just different.
funny to see how a FEW people try to defend Apple....again and again 
I'm of two minds on this issue. I saw a video already and the person was complaining about how loud the keyboard is.
First, like some who have posted here, I like the "old fashioned" mechanical keyboards, i.e., the old IBM mode M keyboard, but when I'm using a mechanical keyboard I'm at my desk.
On the other hand with my laptop, I'm in settings where clacking on my keyboard can be a bit distracting to others and that's where I'm not sure about that. Regardless of the sound, though, the key travel is what gets me the most.
I'm not sure how much of an issue this really is, but then its probably one of those, death by a thousand cuts type of thing. that is the keyboard itself isn't show stopper, but then you have USB-C, or magsafe, or no SD ports, or HDMI, etc etc.
First, like some who have posted here, I like the "old fashioned" mechanical keyboards, i.e., the old IBM mode M keyboard, but when I'm using a mechanical keyboard I'm at my desk.
On the other hand with my laptop, I'm in settings where clacking on my keyboard can be a bit distracting to others and that's where I'm not sure about that. Regardless of the sound, though, the key travel is what gets me the most.
I'm not sure how much of an issue this really is, but then its probably one of those, death by a thousand cuts type of thing. that is the keyboard itself isn't show stopper, but then you have USB-C, or magsafe, or no SD ports, or HDMI, etc etc.
Hmm, let me think about how this will sound in various situations and if I'm okay with it. I'll have to wait until December for my MacBook Pro anyway
funny to see how a FEW people try to defend Apple....again and again
I don't think the few are defending Apple. Just have a different opinion to yours.
When I was last week at the Apple Store I was doing test writing on it. I knew it was the new butterfly keyboard, so I was aware of a little change. When I typed I was like OMG IS THAT LOUD 
nevertheless I ordered it. If I don't like it after some days, they will get it back
nevertheless I ordered it. If I don't like it after some days, they will get it back
This is something that would probably really bug me but when I was testing this in store it didn't seem much louder than the old macbook pro. If I typed hard though it was really loud but I don't type that hard so it seemed fine to me when testing. I'll really have to see when I get it I guess but so far I liked the keyboard.
i thought they designed it to be like that. Otherwise no one would know that you have new mbp because they took the glowing apple away. now everybody can hear that there is a dude with new mbp...
if the noise is loud, that will be annoying at nights.
if the noise is loud, that will be annoying at nights.
I read that there is a bit more travel designed into the v2 butterfly which may contribute to a more pronounced keystroke sound.
When I type on an rMB (early 2016) the keys are reasonably quiet (not as quiet as my 2015 13" MBP) but when my wife types her nails hit the key EVERY time and each key stroke is accompanied by a click. Drives me nuts.
When I type on an rMB (early 2016) the keys are reasonably quiet (not as quiet as my 2015 13" MBP) but when my wife types her nails hit the key EVERY time and each key stroke is accompanied by a click. Drives me nuts.
So I take it you've never come close to even touching an AK-47 then?
Why are people talking about mechanical keyboards here?
Laptops and their keyboard noise should be compared to other laptops and the scenarios and use cases involving use of the built in keyboard.
Laptops and their keyboard noise should be compared to other laptops and the scenarios and use cases involving use of the built in keyboard.
If you say that you type on a mechanical keyboard and that others are not bothered must mean you are living in a basement with a neck beard, hooked up to a stationary computer with nobody around you to be bothered.
If you say that you type on a mechanical keyboard and that others are not bothered must mean you are living in a basement with a neck beard, hooked up to a stationary computer with nobody around you to be bothered.
Not me. Private office, with multiple system with multiple monitors. We provide same setup for all employees. It a bit of cost, but the productivity gain of people being able to customize their work space, systems setup, and SHUT THE DOOR so they can concentrate, is worth the money. I love my mechanical keyboards.
An open office is my description of hell.
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I am curious because I am deaf I can't hear or speak at all but I wonder did you hear keyboard noise during Apple keynote event two weeks ago?? If not, maybe Apple is going to recall for defective keyboard noise?
If you say that you type on a mechanical keyboard and that others are not bothered must mean you are living in a basement with a neck beard, hooked up to a stationary computer with nobody around you to be bothered.
All that is irrelevant if they all wear headphones.
Aren't made up statistics like 99% cool.... but still made up...
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So keyboard sounds are now classified as a trigger noise to snowflake types ?
I'm already self conscious in the library while using a quiet laptop keyboard to write a paper.