[satysin]

I got my 15" 2.6Ghz i7 model yesterday and I love it.

Obviously there are issues as many have reported but I am using this for iOS and Android development and this thing is a good 30-45% faster for builds compared to my top-spec 2017 model. The Android emulator starts up (cold boot not from save state) faster as well (just measured it at 9 seconds to boot a Nexus 5X API 28 AVD vs 16 seconds on my 2017 i7).

Once things have settled down a bit I will look into things again but I am in no rush to start modifying firmware values when, for my needs, everything is great.

For those interested the new keyboard is a little "softer" and quieter. My wife commented on how different it sounds. I would say it sound similar to a Dell XPS 15 or ThinkPad T480 in terms of how loud it is.

The TrueTone option for the display is lovely for programming imho. Really nice little new feature. Other than that not much has changed externally though. It is still a very nice machine and I hope Apple tweaks things to address the thermal throttling people are seeing. For development though it is a dream.

Edit: Seems Apple has released an update to fix this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17603063

[Exuma]

Have you used Butterfly v.1 to compare it to? I absolutely hated v.1 with a passion (it's like typing on a flat desk), I absolutely LOVED v.2 with a passion. I'm wondering how I will like v.3...

[satysin]

Yes I have used all 3 butterfly keyboards. I agree the first gen was awful. 2nd felt great but was quite loud[0] and had the issues with dust obviously. This is very much like 2nd gen with just a very very subtle softness to it. It feels really to me. I think if you love 2nd you will love 3rd even more.

[0] The whole "omg it is so loud!!!" thing kind of made me laugh as everyone that I knew who made such a complaint had a mech keyboard with some obnoxiously loud cherry mx switch in it. I mean yes I did feel the 1st and 2nd gen butterfly keyboards were too loud but they were still quieter than any mech keyboard I have used!

[Exuma]

Well this is awesome news!!

[satysin]

Obviously I meant to write

> it feels really good to me

Just forgot to put the good in and can't edit it now ;)