MacBook Pro: Key death and the butterfly keyboard effectNegative sentiment and anecdotes concerning the MacBook Pro butterfly keyboard are back making headlines. So what's going on?
May 22, 2018: My MacBook Pro has finally succumbed to key death
After testing three MacBooks and five MacBooks Pro with the new butterfly-mechanism keys, using a couple of them full time for months at a time, I've finally experienced it… key death. Dust-maggedon. The end of type.
the compressed air and some creative cleaning helped a little but it's still not fully functional. So, I'll be taking it into the Apple Store and, just like everyone else following this story, waiting to see what happens next.
May 8, 2018: The lawsuits have started, of course
Apple gets sued all the time, so this comes as no surprise:
A law firm is investigating a class action over the terrible MacBook Pro keyboard design
https://t.co/szb8HK1TkH via @rossmangroup— Kyle Wiens (@kwiens) May 8, 2018
There's also a petition. The numbers (below) sh...
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MacBook Pro: Key death and the butterfly keyboard effect