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Tag: scissor keyboard

Judge certifies class action lawsuit against Apple over butterfly keyboard

Monday, March 22, 2021 12:48 pm1 Comment

A U.S. judge has certified a class action suit against Apple over the company’s butterfly keyboard design. The suit covers anyone who…

Is Apple’s $1799 13-inch MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard worth it?

Thursday, May 14, 2020 1:02 pmThursday, May 14, 20206 Comments

Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro (2020) edition is a noteworthy release for a variety of reasons. The most compelling reason is that Apple’s finally…

TechCrunch reviews Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro: Keyboard improvements are immediate and vast

Thursday, May 7, 2020 1:21 pm6 Comments

The review of Apple’s new 13-inch MacBook Pro (2020) and, as are many of the reviews for the product, it’s mainly about the keyboard. It’s good again…

Apple’s 13-inch MacBook Pro (2019) vs. 13-inch MacBook Pro (2020)

Tuesday, May 5, 2020 1:13 pm9 Comments

On Monday, Apple updated the 13-inch MacBook Pro with the new Magic Keyboard for the best typing experience ever on a Mac notebook…

2020’s new MacBook Air is Apple’s best laptop for most people

Monday, March 30, 2020 9:26 am3 Comments

Yahoo Finance’s Daniel Howley sings the praises of Apple’s new MacBook Air – now with a keyboard that doesn’t suck! – in his review of Apple’s newest Mac…

Teardown finds new MacBook Air is 0.5mm thicker with Magic Keyboard

Wednesday, March 25, 2020 4:12 pm1 Comment

iFixit today shared the results of one of their teardowns of the new 2020 MacBook Air, which includes the new scissor-switch Magic keyboard…

Apple said to unveil new MacBook Air with scissor keyboard as early as next week

Friday, March 13, 2020 2:02 pmFriday, March 13, 20203 Comments

Apple is rumored to announce new MacBook Air models next week. Earlier, Ming-Chi Kuo said Apple planned new MacBook Air models with scissor keyboards…

Buh-bye butterfly: New MacBook Pro and MacBook Air with new scissor switch keyboards are on the way

Thursday, March 12, 2020 8:37 amThursday, March 12, 20204 Comments

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo now expects Apple to deliver new MacBook Air and new MacBook Pro models in the second quarter, perhaps to be introduced at…

Apple to bring scissor keyboard to 13-inch MacBook Pro, iPad this year

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 9:48 amWednesday, January 22, 20202 Comments

Apple is planning on delivering their backlit scissor switch keyboard to more of the company’s products, beginning with a new 13-inch MacBook Pro…

Filing reveals new MacBook Pro with Magic Keyboard likely coming soon

Monday, January 13, 2020 1:30 pmMonday, January 13, 20202 Comments

Apple today filed an unreleased Mac with a model identifier of A2289 in the Eurasian Economic Commission database…

After Pro surge, Apple’s consumer Macs could use a little love, too

Friday, December 13, 2019 12:01 pmFriday, December 13, 201918 Comments

While Apple was focused on the professional market, its consumer-facing options have languished a bit…

Apple’s 13- or 14-inch MacBook Pro to kill butterfly for scissor mechanism keyboard in 2020

Monday, November 18, 2019 4:02 pm5 Comments

Apple plans to release a new 13- or possibly 14-inch MacBook Pro with a scissor switch keyboard in the first half of 2020…

Here’s what the 16-inch MacBook Pro keyboard sounds like

Friday, November 15, 2019 6:25 pmFriday, November 15, 20194 Comments

Finally, Apple has released the much-anticipated 16-inch MacBook Pro. Among the biggest changes are how the new scissor mechanism keyboard feels and what it sounds like…

Apple dumps problematic butterfly keyboard on all-new 16-inch MacBook Pro

Thursday, November 14, 2019 10:42 amThursday, November 14, 20197 Comments

Apple introduced a 16-inch MacBook Pro on Wednesday, marking a new screen size as well as a departure from the problematic “butterfly” keyboard…

Butterfly vs. Scissor: Apple’s Phil Schiller on reinventing the new MacBook Pro keyboard

Wednesday, November 13, 2019 10:00 am4 Comments

Apple’s marketing chief Phil Schiller discussed the butterfly vs. scissor mechanism keyboards and whether the 16-inch MacBook Pro’s Magic Keyboard will appear in other Macs…

Ming-Chi Kuo: New MacBook with scissor keyboard coming mid 2020; unclear if 16-inch MacBook Pro is delayed

Wednesday, October 30, 2019 10:57 amWednesday, October 30, 20192 Comments

Apple plans to introduce a new MacBook model with a scissor switch keyboard in the late second quarter or early third quarter of 2020…

MacBooks featuring scissor mechanism keyboards and iPad Pro with Rear 3D ToF camera system coming in first half of 2020

Wednesday, October 9, 2019 9:32 amWednesday, October 9, 20196 Comments

Apple will launch a new iPad Pro with a rear-facing 3D Time of Flight camera in the first quarter of 2020….

Future MacBooks could ditch the much-maligned butterfly keyboard for optical switches

Wednesday, August 28, 2019 1:44 pm2 Comments

It is believed that Apple would fall back to using traditional scissor switches on the next MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, but…

Apple set to release new 16-inch MacBook Pro with narrow bezel in September

Monday, July 29, 2019 11:01 amMonday, July 29, 20195 Comments

Apple is set to release in September 2019 new MacBook Pro featuring ultra-narrow bezel to accommodate a 16-inch screen…

Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple to kill the butterfly, adopt keyboard with scissor mechanism for 16-inch MacBook Pro

Thursday, July 25, 2019 3:02 pmThursday, July 25, 201916 Comments

Apple is planning to use a scissor mechanism rather than a butterfly mechanism for its upcoming 16-inch MacBook Pro…

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