Users complain that new MacBook keyboards still die easy

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My current work provided one is a T470. The keyboard is okayish I wouldn’t want to use it regularly. My hate for the keyboard is mostly the swap of the ctrl and fn keys vs EVERYONE ELSE.

It does sit in a dock for 2 external monitors and I got myself an inexpensive (no backlights and printed keycaps) mechanical keyboard for it, which is what I use 90% of the time.

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I love the no printed keycaps look and as a bonus it greatly decreases the likelihood of random people using the keyboard.

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well printed rather than 2 layers of plastic with the letters being one of the layers like they do with lighted keyboards.

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That just seems odd to me especially since the Thinkpad has a history of getting great reviews on their keyboards

“The keyboard is responsive and tactile—a real joy to type on.”

“Putting a ThinkPad X1 at the fingers of a touch-typist is like placing a Stradivarius in the hands of a violinist. While all of Lenovo’s ThinkPads have strong keyboards, the ThinkPad X1 features the best laptop keyboard we’ve ever tested.”

“Lenovo’s business laptops are the gold standard for productivity, thanks to their industry-leading keyboards, great build quality and long battery life.”

Those quotes and linked articles cover the last 11 years of Thinkpads. I dunno, maybe it’s you…

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Maybe these reviewers aren’t good typists. Maybe they aren’t keyboard snobs like me. Maybe they are just wrong. Maybe I’m just holding it wrong. Whatever. Bottom line I’ve never used a ThinkPad keyboard that doesn’t suck for myriad reasons – there’s many better options out there.

Rather than repeatedly telling me why my opinions are wrong, maybe recognize that I have good reasons for them and I’m not just being contrarian for the hell of it.

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