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by MBCook 969 days ago
Some people have experienced downsides you might want to know about.

For example as you passed 2016-2019, not only did you have the butterfly keyboard mess but each generation reportedly got hotter and thus louder.

My 2015 was quieter/cooler than my 2019.

So if you’re happy it may turn out that even though the newer machine has better performance it feels like a downgrade for other reasons.

(I don’t think that’s the case here)
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karolist 969 days ago
2019 16" no longer used the butterfly keyboard, they have a physical Esc key and something Apple called "magic keyboard", really a scissor based mechanism that's really pleasant to type on and doesn't stop working with a tiny bit of dust under the cap.

https://www.macrumors.com/guide/butterfly-keyboard-vs-scisso...

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hot_gril 969 days ago
2019 MBP mostly fixed the issues introduced in 2016. But lack of USB and HDMI was enough for me to pass on it. Also, the 2015 one is prettier.
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karolist 969 days ago
Ah I miss the lit up Apple logo.
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hot_gril 968 days ago
Yeah I would definitely miss that, as well as the shape.
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ksec 969 days ago
The new magic keyboard or new scissor keyboard has a key travel of 1mm, for me I wouldn't describe it as really pleasant.
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