Laptop keyboards over the years, have always been a step or two below, a regular desktop keyboard. They all offer different, feels, layouts and responsiveness. ThinkPad keyboards for instance, are one of the best, and offer an excellent typing experience. Whilst, laptops with, cheap, flimsy chiclet keyboards, are the worst typing experience. It really all is subjective, when it comes down to it.
Recently, I went to Best Buy, to look around. I walked over to the Apple section to take a gander. I tried out one of the new Macbooks Pros. After typing on the keyboards. I was shocked, how horrendously, bad it was. It felt like, I was typing on a hard table.
The Macbook keyboard, is the worst keyboard, I have ever used. It has no key travel, no tactile feedback, nothing. You minus well, just type on a rock, for writing essays. How can Apple sell so-called, premium laptops, with such awful keyboards?
Although, laptop keyboards are all subjective. The Macbook keyboard is just objectively bad. I could not imagine owning a Macbook, and having to type anything longer than 2 sentences on it.
What is Apple thinking?
What are your thoughts about the Macbook keyboard?
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<p>Have you seen the Chromebook Pixel keyboard? I've seen photos and do <em>not</em> see:</p><p class="ql-indent-1">delete key</p><p class="ql-indent-1">caps lock key</p><p class="ql-indent-1">function keys</p><p class="ql-indent-1">page up/down keys</p><p>and subjectively, to me it seems that the touchpad would get in the way of typing.</p>
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<blockquote><a href="#222083"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>i would say that the requirement to hit multiple keys in order to delete a character is an ipso facto fail. Hopefully the keys at the top can be remapped.</p>
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<blockquote><a href="#222658"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>MAC's don't have a BackSpace key??</p>
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<blockquote><a href="#223135"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>Well evidently Paul is an expert columnist typist. He said on one of the shows that he sometimes types columns with a ChromeBook. </p><p>I would definitely not be able to use a keyboard without dedicated DEL and i already have a strong dislike for keyboards that require Fn+Key to do PGUP , PGDN, HOME and END.</p><p><br></p>
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<blockquote><a href="#222183"><em>In reply to jimchamplin:</em></a></blockquote><p>Where I work one of the main programs is an old DOS based COBOL program that requires all characters to be in caps. </p><p>And yes, there is a lot of inadvertent SHOUTING in instant messages :)</p>
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<blockquote><a href="#222648"><em>In reply to hrlngrv:</em></a></blockquote><p>MS-DOS running COBOL object files. </p><p>hmm, remapping with ANSI.SYS – interesting idea, wonder how feasible that is in W7 and W10. I hope to look into next week, thanks!</p>