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Growing Petition Requests Apple Recall MacBook Pro With 'Defective Keyboard' (fortune.com)
Apple might have some explaining to do if a recent petition against its MacBook Pro continues to gain steam. From a report: A petition surfaced this week on Change.org that calls on Apple to recall MacBook Pro units released since late 2016 over what the petition author Matthew Taylor calls a "defective keyboard." The petition seeks 7,500 signatures and as of this writing, it's closing in on 6,200. Judging by the sheer number of signatures coming in each minute, it shouldn't take long for it to hit the goal.
"Apple, it's time: recall every MacBook Pro released since late 2016, and replace the keyboards on all of them with new, redesigned keyboards that just work," the petition reads. It goes on to say that "every one of Apple's current-gen MacBook Pro models, 13-inch and 15-inch, is sold with a keyboard that can become defective at any moment due to a design failure."
"Apple, it's time: recall every MacBook Pro released since late 2016, and replace the keyboards on all of them with new, redesigned keyboards that just work," the petition reads. It goes on to say that "every one of Apple's current-gen MacBook Pro models, 13-inch and 15-inch, is sold with a keyboard that can become defective at any moment due to a design failure."
"Defacative Keyboard" and it seems to mean the same thing.
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it's closing in on 6,000. Judging by the sheer number of signatures coming in each minute, it shouldn't take long for it to hit the 5,000-signature milestone.
WTF, people, are the signatures going in reverse?
Stolen that Keyboard Design from Xerox as well :-D
If there's nearly 6,000 signatures I would guess there are already at least 5,000 signatures on the petition.
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" it's closing in on 6,000. Judging by the sheer number of signatures coming in each minute, it shouldn't take long for it to hit the 5,000-signature milestone. "
Someone doesn't understand how maths works...
I mean, Apple has always been about making what the users want, even when the users don't know what they want.... so users must want keyboards that collapse at the smallest spec of dust.... right?
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the next step is eliminating the keyboard altogether. Courageous.
Lol, got that one from the other slashdot story...
When comparing Apple to PC/Microsoft/Windows, and comparing Apple to Google/Android, Apple has always been seen as the higher "quality" product for one very important reason: Apple makes everything and only has higher-end products. In the PC/Android world, there are high-end devices, mid-tier, low-end, extreme-budget devices. Regardless of the outstanding quality of top-tier PC/Android devices out there, their ecosystems as a whole contain the stigma created from their bottom-tier devices. This is why Apple has always seem as "superior" in the multiemedia creation department, despite PCs having absolutely amazing high quality top-tier hardware. I still remember the first time I repaired a Mac computer as a kid, and shocked to see that it used SCSI HDDs instead of IDE. Contrast this to the Microsoft world where the absolute top reason a Windows box will crash will either be faulty hardware or faulty drivers from the hardware manufacturer (both out of MS control, but only reflects upon them and not the hardware vendors)
Since the passing of Steve Jobs, this push to be the best of the best in the hardware world has absolutely faltered. They don't give two fucks about quality anymore, and slowly but surely this is becoming more and more evident every single day. The higher price for assured reliability when purchasing Apple products is no longer there, sadly.
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Voter fraud!!!!
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Interestingly, none of our users have complained about the keyboards on their new Macs. They complain vociferously about other things, to be sure, but this isn't one of them. For such a supposedly widespread problem, they've been remarkably silent.
Background: I've supported the Macs and PCs at my workplace for over 10 years. I prefer the older chiclet design, but mostly because that's what I'm used to.
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In all seriousness, I've been buying their laptops for over a decade, and I have to tell you that they are now, suddenly, crap. If you've never tried typing on a new Macbook Pro keyboard (the ones in question) I encourage to try one out at an Apple store. It is *literally* like typing on a package of chicklets. They do this big sell job on you about how revolutionary the keys are now, but they don't move at all (well, not much anyway). If you think that the feeling of touch typing on your smartphone's screen is revolutionary, then you'll probably love them. If you still prefer buckling springs on your desktop keyboard then this is about as far away as you could possibly get from that.
I just had a go on a new Thinkpad and Lenovo seems to be going in the other direction - trying to get more travel in their keys. I don't know what Apple is smoking but they're about to throw away a very nice business. It used to be that the best Windows laptop you could buy was an Apple, now there is no way that would be true.
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I just wish they would release iOS developers from having to buy into the Apple Mac club. It's not like developers type a lot or anything.
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Well, Apple DOES make quality products, but this keyboard is not one of them.
It just works. It just works. It just works. Believe me yet?
They will just laugh and tell you to buy the "new new" macbook "pro" at the next WWDC with still no 32GB RAM.
This post typed on a 32GB RAM Windows 10 laptop with USB-A ports, ethernet port and fixable keyboard.
...and two whole hours of battery life!
I just wish they would release iOS developers from having to buy into the Apple Mac club. It's not like developers type a lot or anything.
Go get another career, already! That's ALL you bitch about.
Apple consumers are some of the biggest suckers out there. They'll literally buy *anything* with an Apple logo on it. Apple consumers will remain Apple consumers for the foreseeable future, no matter the quality of their products and services. If anything, they should double the price of these machines.
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"There will be a single USB-C port, and no internal keyboard. You will be able to use the MacBook Pro for several hours before you need to unplug the keyboard and let it charge awhile."
The known problems are the keyboards and video artifacts problem. A co-worker got a new 13 inch 2017 MBP and it had video artifacts within a few months. He brought it to the Apple Store and they fixed it for him. I have a 2014 15 MBP (personal) and a Corporate 2015 13 MBP. They both work great. The keyboards work and they just plain work overall. But I wouldn't touch the 2016 and 2017 stuff and Apple must know this. I use my MBP at a desk the vast majority of the time and have it hooked up to KVMM. The keyboards are mechanical, and very clicky and noisy, just the way I like them. Lots of key travel too. Apple should make models with more keyboard travel and sell them as gaming models.
So you're implying they would do something smart like base a decision like that on actual data, and not just what some executives thought would look cool and make it .5mm thinner?
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Windows laptops are competitive on battery life. Some, like the LG Gram, even out perform Macs, and the battery is easy to replace too.
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