RIP Butterfly Keyboard: Apple Finally Completes Transition to Magic Keyboard
After years of complaints over sticky or unresponsive keys, Apple has lastly completed transitioning its pocket book lineup away from its issue-prone butterfly keyboard.
With the brand new 13-inch MacBook Pro that includes the identical scissor change Magic Keyboard because the 16-inch MacBook Pro, Apple now not sells any new MacBook Pro or MacBook Air fashions with a butterfly keyboard. If you might be looking Apple’s refurbished retailer, nevertheless, bear in mind that a lot of these fashions are nonetheless geared up with the butterfly keyboard.
First launched on the 16-inch MacBook Pro final yr, the Magic Keyboard includes a redesigned scissor mechanism with 1mm of key journey, an inverted-“T” association for the arrow keys, and a bodily Escape key subsequent to the Touch Bar.
Models with extra dependable Magic Keyboard:
- 2019 16-inch MacBook Pro
- 2020 13-inch MacBook Pro
- 2020 MacBook Air
Apple’s butterfly keyboard suffered from points with sticky, repeating, or nonfunctional keys. The firm continues to offer free repairs to affected customers as a part of its worldwide service program, and it even apologized over the matter final yr, though it downplayed the difficulty and mentioned that solely a “small number” of consumers had been impacted.
