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by Tagbert 1686 days ago
One of the things people complained about with the Apple butterfly keyboard was that they keys were noisier. They also had less travel, less space between the keys but still were only slightly thinner. When then replaced those with the older scissor-switch keyboards in 2019, the new ones were quieter and did not require the laptops to be thicker. the new ones also seem to be much more reliable.

There seem to be two preferences for keyboards. Some prefer quiet typing keyboards (which often have less travel). Others prefer the mechanical keyboard with more travel and a tendency for “clacky” sounds.

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Cherry MX Reds are the most popular type of mechanical switch, and they are "silent".