[ethanjstark]

It's a great teardown and commentary. I found this presentation easier to follow, as it has inline images.

https://imgur.com/gallery/G1EcegS

I've always been a "Save $$ by buying used Macs" guy, but I'd be very hesitant to purchase a used MacBook with this terrible keyboard . . .

[vanilla_nut]

Thanks for linking the imgur album -- I didn't realize there was a version with inline text! Still, I prefer the linked images, since I have a very hard time reading text in between moving gifs (needless to say, I would not be a subscriber to the Daily Prophet). Glad to have both here so visitors can read either version they prefer.

I've also been very much a fan of Macs because they tend to be very well-built and last a long time for the money. Both of my last macbooks (a 2009 and then a 2015) have served me very well for much longer than your average laptop tends to last if you use it every day and take it with you everywhere. Unfortunately this keyboard in the current version is a dealbreaker: the frustration, cost, and potential of having to lose my laptop for a week+ or just lug an external keyboard around is not worth the money. Add in the useless touchbar and my personal preference to not limit myself to usb-c/avoid low travel keyboards and you've got a perfect excuse to avoid upgrading.

[ethanjstark]

++ on the touchbar being worthless. I use a touchbar MBP for work. It's managed to complicate the most frequently used functions (brightness + sound adjustments), and I experience bugs / temporary freezing of both of those sliders until I cmd + tab switch apps.