Apple Reportedly Ditching MacBook’s Infamous Butterfly Keyboard Design
- Mehedi Hassan
- Jul 04, 2019
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Apple might finally give up with the MacBook’s controversial butterfly keyboard design. The keyboard design, first launched on the MacBook a few years ago, have gone through a lot of changes since the initial changes. Apple’s been trying to avoid admitting to the design flaws, but it has continued to be a problem for Apple and its MacBooks.
And after multiple iterations, Apple might finally give up with the butterfly keyboard design.
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According to a new report from Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo (via 9to5Mac), Apple is working on a new scissor switch keyboard design for its MacBooks. Kuo says Apple is working on a new scissor switch keyboard design that uses glass fiber to reinforce the keys on the keyboard. The new design will offer longer key travel and durability, but the whole design would be slightly thicker than the butterfly keyboard design. The difference will still be harder to notice by users, though.
The new scissor switch keyboard design could even be cheaper for Apple to manufacture than the butterfly keyboard.
Apple is expected to first introduce the new scissor switch keyboard design on the MacBook Air 2019, followed by the MacBook Pro in 2020. It’s still early to tell whether the new scissor switch keyboard design will actually work out for Apple, but to be honest Apple users will take anything that’s better than all the iterations of the butterfly keyboard.
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skane2600
<p>Hopefully the new design will work well, but wasn't the pre-butterfly design well received? Putting emphasis on thinness over fundamental functionality still seems wrong-headed to me. Hopefully they'll test the new keyboard thoroughly and confirm that it is at least as effective as the old-fashioned one.</p>
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dontbe evil
<blockquote><em><a href="#439805">In reply to MikeGalos:</a></em></blockquote><p>1000? nooo, only 999$</p>
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dontbe evil
<p>but but apple is the best /s</p>
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Stooks
<p>It is a start. However lots of issues to fix. </p><p><br></p><p>Thicker for better throttle management on the “Pro” versions. A real port selection with a SD card reader and HDMI.</p><p><br></p><p>Get rid of that Touch Bar and I would love to see MagSafe come back. At least RAM that can be upgraded and M.2 SSD would be a bonus. </p>
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Stooks
<blockquote><em><a href="#439866">In reply to MikeGalos:</a></em></blockquote><p>Yes pretty much. I made a huge mistake giving up my 2013 15inch Macbook Pro at work when they refreshed it with a 2017 model late in December of 2017.</p><p><br></p><p>There is nothing I like about the 2017. Well I guess it looks nice if Laptops can look nice from an industrial design perspective.</p><p><br></p><p>What I don't like…</p><p><br></p><p>Too thin, fans rail when doing anything CPU intensive. </p><p><br></p><p>If intensive enough the 85watt power brick can't keep the battery charged.</p><p><br></p><p>Touchbar is flimsy and useless. Feels super cheap on a $3000+ laptop.</p><p><br></p><p>Ports, I own at least $200 worth of dongles. I use NOTHING that actually has a native USB-C port. HDMI is used in every conference room at my company and I have to brink a dongle. I am network engineer, try using a USB-A dongle > Keyspan USB-Serial > Serial to console port cable…..and have none of come un-plugged, what a joke. Or every time I pull the SD card out of my Canon DSLR I have to find USB-C to SD dongle to download photos.</p><p><br></p><p>MagSafe, probably the best invention Apple ever put on a laptop. Every laptop, even Windows laptops, should use this and anyone that has jerked a laptop off of a surface while charging would understand this. Lots of people at work bring bent USB-C cords to the help desk for replacements.</p>
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skane2600
<blockquote><em><a href="#439893">In reply to ejuly:</a></em></blockquote><p>Then there are those who embrace anything new without regard to whether they represent a better approach or a step backward in usefulness. Usually after 10 years or more experience this tendency fades but apparently not always.</p>
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Stooks
<blockquote><em><a href="#439893">In reply to ejuly:</a></em></blockquote><p>Lol. Go through each of my points and explain how my 2017 is better than my 2013. </p><p><br></p><p>They were basically both loaded. I7 16gig of RAM, 1TB SSD. </p><p><br></p><p>Yes the 2017 probably has a faster M.2 SSD only noticeable in benchmarks for me. Probably a more power efficient CPU. </p><p><br></p><p>That said I used the ports without dongles. The MagSafe was great. The missing touchbar did not impact me and the keyboard was way better and actually worked after 4 years on my 2013. Never had as much fan/throttling either. </p><p><br></p><p>New does not not equal better all the time. I am glad it did not take me until retirement age to figure that out. </p>
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birju009
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