Apple has released an updated MacBook Pro with an eight-core processor for the first time in an Apple laptop. But the more interesting change is a tweak to their butterfly keyboard design.
The company makes no mention of the keyboard improvements, but they told Joanna Stern at the Wall Street Journal that “it has made a change to a material in the keyboard mechanism.” According to Joanna, “Apple didn’t say what specifically changed, but said it would help with the double key-press issue.”
It’s unknown what this specific material is, but we suspect it is the metal spring. We’ll be cracking open a new MacBook Pro as soon as we can get one to find out for sure. Making changes to a product this quickly (the volume of keyboard design criticism ramped up this winter) is very challenging, so the keyboard change isn’t a design change, it’s a spec change.
Its third-generation keyboard will be replaced with the fourth-generation model introduced today
Apple is also expanding its keyboard repair program to include newer models in its four-year warranty. If you turn in your 2018 MacBook Air and 2018 Touch Bar MacBook Pro for keyboard repairs, its third-generation keyboard will be replaced with the fourth-generation model introduced today. Apple also stated that it is shortening the turnaround time for keyboard repairs, which previously could take up to a week.
The butterfly keyboard has been a hot-button topic for us over the last couple of years. Even though Apple has made several improvements to the keyboard, MacBook owners are still having issues with it. Will a material tweak fix all of Apple’s keyboard woes? Time will tell. We’ll have more to say later this week.
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hujjatpak514 - Reply
Can keyboard (Key Cap) from 2017 be used on 2018 (A1990) EMC 3215, 15" with touchbar.
(Yes I know 2018 has plastic underneath..https://www.macrumors.com/2018/07/19/app... )
with;
MacBook Pro 15" Touch Bar 2017 Keyboard Key Cap Replacement. ??
And is it posible that after changing the keyboard and changing the battery, (at APPLE REPAIRER!), THE BATTERY CURRENT CYCLE DROPPED FROM 100% TO 87% AFTER CHARGE STATUS OF 114.
Full charge capacity (mAh): 6338
Charging status (%): 87% (from 100% approx. 1 year ago)
Information about condition:
Number of cycles: 114
Condition: Normal
jarleiceman4 - Reply