After years of complaints over sticky or unresponsive keys, Apple has finally finished transitioning its notebook lineup away from its issue-prone butterfly keyboard .
With the new – – inch MacBook Pro featuring the same scissor switch Magic Keyboard as the 22 – inch MacBook Pro, Apple no longer sells any new MacBook Pro or MacBook Air models with a butterfly keyboard. If you are browsing Apple’s refurbished store, however, be aware that many of those models are still equipped with the butterfly keyboard.
(Image: iFixit First introduced on the 22 – inch MacBook Pro last year, the Magic Keyboard features a redesigned scissor mechanism with 1mm of key travel, an inverted-“T” arrangement for the arrow keys, and a physical Escape key next to the Touch Bar.
Models with more reliable Magic Keyboard:
- – inch MacBook Pro – inch inch MacBook Pro
- ) (MacBook Air)
Apple’s butterfly keyboard suffers from issues with sticky, repeating, or nonfunctional keys. The company continues to offer free repairs to affected customers as part of its worldwide service program, and it even apologized over the matter
last year, although it downplayed the issue and said that only a “small number” of Customers were impacted.Top Stories
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