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“Nop, I havn’t fogottn how to wit. No did my dito go on vacation,” Joanna Stern writes for The Wall Street Journal. “You s, to sha th pain of using an Appl laptop kyboad that’s faild aft fou months, I could only think of on ida: tak all th bokn ltts out of my column.”…
“If you’re a fan of external GPU architectures, you’ll like this,” Chris Barylick reports for O’Grady’s PowerPage. “On Thursday, Apple made a small change to its eGPU support document, noting official support for the Sonnet Radeon RX 560 eGFX Breakaway,” Barylick reports. “This marks the first RX 560 eGPU to be officially supported.” “The change…
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“A fast computer with a crummy keyboard is like a Les Paul with broken strings or a Ferrari with a busted gearshift. They’re no good if you can’t use them right,” David Pierce writes for The Wall Street Journal. “A good keyboard somehow disappears, like you’re mind-melded with your PC.” “That’s why the keyboard is…
Read More “WSJ: Apple has fixed their butterfly keyboard, but it’s only for pros – for now” »
“If Apple is advertising a quieter keyboard (without providing detail on how much quieter), shouldn’t the difference be immediately apparent to a first-time user? Why should we need high-grade equipment to prove what should be obvious to the ears?” Sam Lionheart writes for iFixit. “In a world where Apple once quietly introduced iPhone waterproofing without…
“A pair of documents covering Apple’s service policies and procedures conflict on the reasoning for the silicone gasket around the key mechanisms in the new 2018 MacBook Pro,” Mike Wuerthele reports for AppleInsider. “Apple service providers are given details on how to handle repairs on a new product at about the same time as the…
“Yes, the new MacBook Pro 2018 is a lot faster than previous MacBooks, but many people are wondering whether Apple has improved its keyboards,” Mark Spoonauer reports for LAPTOP Magazine. “If we’re talking about durability, things look promising, as a teardown from iFixit found that the keyboard on the new MacBook Pro has a silicone…
Read More “Keyboard shootout: 2018 vs. 2017 MacBook Pro butterfly keyboards compared” »
“Last week, Apple announced an updated MacBook Pro, packing in fresh processors that were announced just three months ago, and tweaking the keyboard,” Alex Cranz writes for Gizmodo. “I’ve spent the last day with that new keyboard—after nearly two years with the old one—and I noticed the difference immediately. But I’m not sure if I…
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“Apple has faced a consistent stream of criticism for the keyboards, which were first introduced with the Retina MacBook in 2015,” Jame Sanders writes for TechRepublic. “The keyboards have a reputation of failing to register keystrokes, or registering the same keystrokes twice, due to dust or other particles becoming trapped in the butterfly switch mechanism…
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“If you don’t obsessively scan the tech blogs: Apple updated its MacBook Pro line yesterday,” David Gewirtz writes for ZDNet. “They did it quietly, without a big event.” “And, they did it — in the opinion of this columnist at least — in a tone-deaf, we-don’t-really-care-about-pro-users-needs kind of way,” Gewirtz writes. “You see, there’s a…
“I’ve been using Mac laptops for a long time, going back to the very first portable Apple ever made, so I was really excited when Apple sent me a new MacBook Pro to test and review,” Craig A. Hunter blogs via Hunter Research & Technology. “This 15” space gray MacBook Pro looks just like the…
