Over the past few years, whenever a friend would ask me for advice about buying a new MacBook, I'd tell them that it was probably worth waiting a bit. It wasn't that Apple's MacBook lineup wasn't compelling, but rather that the butterfly keyboard design Apple first introduced on its 2016 MacBook Pro was prone to causing all sorts of typing nightmares.
Over the past few years, Apple implemented a few changes which did manage to improve the overall reliability of the butterfly keyboard design. Still, even the third iteration of the design caused problems for a number of users. And hardly a point of speculation, Apple itself conceded this point earlier this year via a rare apology.
- Dozens of models have been released over time, including the Apple Extended Keyboard. Currently, Apple offers only dual-mode (Bluetooth and USB) keyboards with integrated batteries: Magic Keyboard (silver only), and Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad (silver or space gray). A black and silver model is also included with the Mac Pro.
- A new patent application (below) spotted by Patently Apple reveals a retractable keyboard design, which could see the entire keyboard sink into the body of the laptop when it's closed, and return to position when opened – all thanks to magnets.
- A long wait for the new keyboard design. However, multiple new reports by various sources, including analyst Kuo of KGI Securities, suggests that Apple will not release a new MacBook until the second half of 2020.
- Jun 29, 2020 A recently published patent with the US Patent & Trademark Office has revealed Apple's plans to explore a new way to make its laptops thinner without reducing the size of the keys by creating a keyboard that can fully retract into the body of the MacBook. According to the patent simply titled 'Retractable Keyboards' was obtained by Patently Apple, the design places keycaps on stabilisers, which is coupled to a base plate.
'We are aware that a small number of users are having issues with their third-generation butterfly keyboard and for that we are sorry,' an Apple spokesperson said this past March.
Jun 22, 2020 When it comes to keyboard design, Apple has had a rough few years. Its Butterfly mechanism (introduced in 2015) was plagued with performance issues, and this year saw it finally replaced by a new Magic Keyboard in both the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.
The good news is that Apple has finally seen the light and is planning to say goodbye, once and for all, to its butterfly keyboard design. This past summer, a rumor surfaced claiming that Apple is planning to launch a 16-inch MacBook Pro with a scissor mechanism keyboard design. Not only will this design shift improve reliability and performance, it should also increase the travel for each individual key, thus fixing two longstanding complaints regarding the old design.
Beyond that, reputed analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently issued a fresh investor note (via MacRumors) claiming that Apple plans to migrate the entirety of its MacBook line to the scissor mechanism keyboard in 2020.
Apple Keyboard Models
Kuo now predicts that Apple's refreshed MacBook models will arrive in the second quarter of 2020, suggesting they will feature the much-anticipated scissor mechanism keyboards that the company is adopting wholesale.
If Kuo's prediction pans out, it will mark an unceremonious end to what many people categorize as one of the worst Apple designs in the company's history.
Of course, all this begs the question: why did Apple implement the butterfly keyboard design in the first place?
Well, when it was first introduced, Apple boasted that it was 40% thinner than a traditional keyboard and allowed for 'greater precision' when striking keys. Interestingly, word of Apple's transition away from the oft-criticized design appeared shortly after Jony Ive announced that he was leaving Apple. Ive, it's worth noting, was reportedly obsessed with making devices impossibly thin, which is to say that he was likely the driving force behind the new keyboard design in the first place.
Apple always strives to offer users something new. Therefore the company is preparing to change the technology behind the keyboard available on MacBook Pro computer. This has conveyed by Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple Analyst. He is very much accurate in his recent predictions. It seems that this has come from within Apple's supply chain. And expected to offer a clear and pre-indication for upcoming hardware changes.
Apple Design Keyboard M2980
According to Kuo, a brand new keyboard design is approaching to the hardware set of new MacBook Air models. As per his last report, it is preparing to enter into the market later this year. Altogether, There will be MacBook Pro models, which won't be available in the market until 2020, he said. In result, there will be a big downfall in the so-called 'butterfly mechanism' design, that is an important entity of current-generation versions of MacBooks.
Rather, the new versions in this line will use 'scissor switch-based keyboards'. Apple has used this mechanism prior to bringing 'butterfly' in 2015. Thereby, the current standalone Magic Keyboard of Apple is using scissor switches.
The major cause behind this is the constant criticism from users about the MacBook keyboards based on the butterfly switch mechanism. The breaches involve keystrokes, repeated keystrokes and more.
Of course, all this begs the question: why did Apple implement the butterfly keyboard design in the first place?
Well, when it was first introduced, Apple boasted that it was 40% thinner than a traditional keyboard and allowed for 'greater precision' when striking keys. Interestingly, word of Apple's transition away from the oft-criticized design appeared shortly after Jony Ive announced that he was leaving Apple. Ive, it's worth noting, was reportedly obsessed with making devices impossibly thin, which is to say that he was likely the driving force behind the new keyboard design in the first place.
Apple always strives to offer users something new. Therefore the company is preparing to change the technology behind the keyboard available on MacBook Pro computer. This has conveyed by Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple Analyst. He is very much accurate in his recent predictions. It seems that this has come from within Apple's supply chain. And expected to offer a clear and pre-indication for upcoming hardware changes.
Apple Design Keyboard M2980
According to Kuo, a brand new keyboard design is approaching to the hardware set of new MacBook Air models. As per his last report, it is preparing to enter into the market later this year. Altogether, There will be MacBook Pro models, which won't be available in the market until 2020, he said. In result, there will be a big downfall in the so-called 'butterfly mechanism' design, that is an important entity of current-generation versions of MacBooks.
Rather, the new versions in this line will use 'scissor switch-based keyboards'. Apple has used this mechanism prior to bringing 'butterfly' in 2015. Thereby, the current standalone Magic Keyboard of Apple is using scissor switches.
The major cause behind this is the constant criticism from users about the MacBook keyboards based on the butterfly switch mechanism. The breaches involve keystrokes, repeated keystrokes and more.
It is true that compressed air can resolve these problems by blowing away debris under the keyboard, though, actual replacement is essential to keyboard component from Apple itself.
Earlier this year, Apple introduced the most recent MacBook Pro. This device features a redesigned butterfly keyboard, which is using new materials to mitigate these problems. Altogether, it has come up with a free keyboard replacement program for MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and MacBook. This program extends to all Macbook model that have butterfly- based keyboard.
From this, it appears that the company is planning to implement more effective and permanent hardware that can remove the requirement for any other measure, and mitigate such problems entirely.
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As always, rumors come with a hefty dose of skepticism, rather Kuo's accuracy and detailed analysis with keyboard design do lend credence for the report. To know more about Apple's new releases and anything related to iphone application development, stay tuned with Techugo.
