[jvatic]

My main complaint with their new keyboard design, not having used it enough to encounter any reliability issues, is that it’s just way too cramped to actually type on. I’ve since gone back to an older MBP, but while I was using the newer design I found the only way I could actually type on it was using an external keyboard. There really wasn’t anything wrong with the 2012/2015 form factor and I wish they’d go back to that.

[hliyan]

I too had to go back to an older MBP, but not because the keyboard was cramped. My complaints:

1. Not enough tactile feedback from keys. I have to carefully calibrate the amount of muscle power I use to hit the keys, which paradoxically increases the pain in the joints of my fingers.

2. Lack of a physical ESC key. I touch type, and this makes writing code rather difficult.

3. Lack of USB port. Lack of HDMI port. Lack of magnetic charging port (which is very convenient)

4. Oversized touchpad. Increases accidental touches.

My old MBP is now in its third year, and I'm really hoping a newer, more usable version will come out before it dies.

[cobbzilla]

Re 2, I remapped the tilde key to escape because it was driving me nuts. I do still want to type a tilde char sometimes, so that is now Alt-tilde. Thank goodness for Karabiner.