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Re: New MacBook Air

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post #144

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"The refined scissor mechanism with 1 mm of travel delivers a responsive, comfortable, and quiet typing experience." What in that says "invented" "new" or even "wonderful?" It seems like you're reading into the text what isn't even there.

> What in that says "invented" "new" or even "wonderful?" Uh... "refined"?

I read that as "elegant" not "made better". It's possible that people could read it either way.

Re: New MacBook Air

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Apple makes nice laptops, but I am not interested until the come out with a convertible option. I bought a HP Spectre a couple of years ago and I am very happy with it. The convertible option is very nice for traveling in coach.

What I dislike about my convertible is that you can never use it as both a tablet and a laptop at the same time.

I know it’s obvious but I didn’t realize it when I switched from a laptop + tablet to a convertible in the hopes of simplifying my setup.

For example, it’s annoying when you’re taking notes and need to look something up on the web: either put up with poorly optimized interfaces or convert the device to a laptop.

So I’d much prefer a tablet plus laptop for my particular usage as a student but am too broke to buy another new setup. What makes convertibles so desirable to you?

Re: New MacBook Air

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My least favorite thing about HN is that it upvotes trivial Apple hardware news to the top link. Literally no one in the world cares about Apple keyboards except Apple fans.

Re: New MacBook Air

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I think it's the marketing copy most people are taking issue with with. They tried a new design, which was horrible to use and had a high failure rate. They continued to claim the new keyboard was amazing, and stubbornly continued to use this crappy keyboard long after the problems were apparent. And now they are touting a "normal" keyboard mechanism as if they've invented something new and wonderful... only Apple co…

"The refined scissor mechanism with 1 mm of travel delivers a responsive, comfortable, and quiet typing experience." What in that says "invented" "new" or even "wonderful?" It seems like you're reading into the text what isn't even there.

Well, they are calling it the "magic" keyboard. How does that strike you?

Re: New MacBook Air

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The refined scissor mechanism with 1 mm of travel delivers a responsive, comfortable, and quiet typing experience. The inverted-T arrow keys help you fly through lines of code, spreadsheets, or game environments. This isn't progress. This is the baseline. Apple have gone from bad to OK, and they're celebrating as though they've achieved something amazing.

This is below baseline. I still don't understand why it's important for them to make compromises at the keyboard, which is an essential part of the notebook experience. A keyboard has keys, keys have a certain height. Get over it Apple. I've tried the latest 3 generations of keyboards and the 2015 still comes out on top. It looks as if Apple's engineers are trying to fight the keyboard. Macbook's keyboard were almost unquestionably the best among notebooks. Now we're happy if they're not crap. Of course this is all personal opinion and I'm sure Apple tests these things extensively and only release them if they make for a significant improvement. They wouldn't release a broken keyboard and deny they're at fault for years, right?

Re: New MacBook Air

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post #144

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"The refined scissor mechanism with 1 mm of travel delivers a responsive, comfortable, and quiet typing experience." What in that says "invented" "new" or even "wonderful?" It seems like you're reading into the text what isn't even there.

> What in that says "invented" "new" or even "wonderful?" Uh... "refined"?

Refined doesn't mean any of those words. Here's two definitions from Google:

> with impurities or unwanted elements having been removed by processing.

> developed or improved so as to be precise or subtle.

It basically just mean improved, which most people would agree.

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