The cool cats at iFixit have completed an initial teardown of the new 16-inch MacBook Pro and discovered an updated scissor mechanism that seems to be a massive improvement over the prior butterfly mechanism. Over the past few years, Apple has taken hits over the butterfly keyboard mechanism found on its MacBook and MacBook Pro […]
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Apple Vice President of Worldwide Marketing on Wednesday highlighted the Magic Keyboard found in the new 16-inch MacBook Pro. Schiller stated that the new keyboard has been in development for some years. “[The Butterfly keyboard] had some things it did really well,” said Schiller, “like creating a much more stable key platform. It felt more flat […]
The rumor mill currently has it that Apple plans to incorporate a scissor mechanism rather than a butterfly mechanism for its upcoming 16-inch MacBook Pro. The rumor emanates from reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who offered the opinion in a note published on Friday to investors. Kuo stated that the 16-inch MacBook Pro will come in the […]
The rumor mill currently has it that Apple may be removing the infamous butterfly keyboard from its MacBook. Per a new report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple may at last be reverting to the scissor-switch design for this year’s MacBook Air and 2020’s MacBook Pro. Instead of bringing back the scissor-switch keyboard from older MacBooks, […]
Following up on Apple’s refresh of its MacBook Pro lineup, complete with updated Intel processors, and a new version of its “butterfly” keyboard, the cool cats at iFixit have published a full teardown of the new notebooks. The update keyboard, it turns out, uses new materials to help improve reliability. In addition, Apple extended the […]