[mercer]

I bought a 2017 MBP and figured that surely it can't be that bad in practice.

It was, to the point where I could barely type sentences without having to correct double-letter inputs. And that's without anything failing.

Thankfully the laptop was insured and I got the 2019 16 inch model now (with the escape key and a working keyboard). Touchbar with BetterTouchTool has proven to be much more useful than I expected.

But man was this a massive fuck-up. There's no way a 2000+ product should be able to malfunction in such a fundamental way!

EDIT: also, pain. I'm pretty flexible when it comes to getting used to changes in input, so I expected to be okay with less key travel and whatnot. But a day of using the new keyboards /felt/ different. My hands/wrists would hurt. This was only with the MBP with the new keyboard. Whenever I used my old MacBook Air or even the new Magic Keyboard I had no issues.

I can't tell for sure, but while it feels a lot better, even the new 16 inch MBP leaves my fingers a bit more sore than the mushier 2013-era Air.