Apple's Faulty MacBook Butterfly Keyboard Explained... With Real Butterflies | WSJ

The third generation of the butterfly keyboard on Apple's Mac laptops was supposed to fix all the problems. But nope. WSJ's Joanna Stern explains why the keyboards on the newest and most expensive MacBooks keep breaking—and the few things you can do about it.

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[phototristan]

On the plus side, I can now blame my misspellings on my Mac keyboard.

[jayzee]

Thousand dollar MacBook Air : *exists*


*dust: I’m about to end it’s whole career*

[pennymikk]

did you just... call my computer a vintage macbook pro??? i-

[robynxo]

Her: under the keys is called...Yes you guessed it!!

Me: *uh a key*

Her:Butterfly Mechanism!!

Me: oh

[SuntzuMocro]

So you pay for a super expensive laptop and basic functions don't work, cool.

[cl]

They made it so thin that you end up needing to carry around an external keyboard defeating the whole purpose of having a thin laptop, or even a laptop in general. Great job Apple!

[summersierras]

This video does literally the best job at being passive-aggressive and uplifting at the same time.

[troyelci]

Keyboard: *“e” key doesn’t work*
Apple: aftr xamining your MacBook Pro, w hav concludd that th “” ky is working on your dvic

[musicenthusiast]

4:07 “so what’s wrong with wings...I’m not fuc*ing doing this” 🤣😭😭😭

[Kyle-cjfj]

Update for people who don’t know: Apple is slowly refreshing all their MacBook models with the original scissor switch mechanism. The MacBook Air and the 16-inch MacBook Pro now have the scissor switch keys. The only one left is the 13-inch MacBook Pro.

[aymn]

It hurt when she referred to my current laptop as vintage😒

[onlyinjapanGO]

Not having a positive experience with my late 2017 MBP :( I use an external keyboard because it feels better.

[michaelxz]

yet somehow most windows ultraportables have much better keyboards and are still thin...

[EnronnSierra]

Glad I skipped this generation, still loving my 2015 MacBook Pro 13 inch. Might be going back to Windows notebook anyway. Apple has really damaged this brand.

[standardbookofspells]

its the aggressive-ness plus the classical music in the background for me😭

[Nole]

Imagine performing TESTS on PROTOTYPES and IMPROVING until they reach a final model that WORKS.

[darronpattel]

If you spray ur keyboard with flex seal when u buy it, then dirt doesn't get caught in the keys...

[peterxiong]

I know im in the extreme minority here, but I actually kinda like the way the butterfly keyboards feel, when they work. Ive had a few keys stick in the past, but spamming the stuck key hard a few times usually resolves the issue. Theres something about the tactile feel and sound of the keybaord that I just like.

[margarcia]

Lenovo, HP, Dell: “our laptops have the fastest chips and turn into tablets!”

Apple: “we give one Touch Bar, and tiny keys heh!”

[haarisiqubal]

I think Wall Street Journal is late in issue finding as Apple’s latest MacBook Feature is flex gate.