Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

plazman30 t1_ivrkhzu wrote

I have a 1986 IBM Model M that works great. And an Apple chicklet USB keyboard that I had to throw out after about 3 years.

Now I use this:

https://i.imgur.com/82KgeEC.jpg

40 years old and still works great.

5

Vairman t1_ivrrbms wrote

oh jeez, remember when apple used actual keyboards instead of touch buttons or little chiclets. But, form over function - that's the apple way... right?

3

plazman30 t1_ivrte2n wrote

Since Jonny Ive left, it has gotten better. I have the new 16" MacBook Pro, and it undid a lot of Jonny Ive's sins. I held off on buying a new MacBook Pro until Apple got rid of that horrible butterfly keyboard.

I actually went into the Apple store a half dozen times ready to buy a new MacBook Pro and sat down in front of a MacBook Pro and would type on one and nope out of the store because the idea of typing on that God-awful keyboard for the next 5 years was just unthinkable.

Took Apple till 2021 to do it. But they finally did it.

2

Vairman t1_ivru9nd wrote

my wife, who is a writer, has a macbook pro with that crappy keyboard - and she loves it. it takes all kinds. other than that oddity, she's pretty awesome.

3

961402 t1_ivtmkkh wrote

Yeah because Dell and HP still include mechanical keyboards with all their PCs. You can even choose between Cherry or ALPS

1

zstandig OP t1_ivrwea0 wrote

That's the Apple rival to the PC's Model M. Closest modern version you can get is a Matias Keyboard. I like that one too

2

plazman30 t1_ivtjhhv wrote

I have one. I don't use it because it doesn't have an insert key, and I use the insert key all day.

Other than that, I LOVE my Tactile Pro.

3