In the years since Apple launched its butterfly keyboard on the 12-inch MacBook in 2015, customers have reported various issues — some involving keys that register twice when tapped once ...

(1) A laptop keyboard from IBM that was known for its ergonomics. See TrackWrite. See also Butterfly computer. (2) An ultra-thin keyboard from Apple for its MacBook laptops starting in 2015.

So why exactly did Apple give up on features like the butterfly keyboard and unified thermal core, after they claimed those technologies made their products better? Well, that’s exactly what we ...

The 2016 and 2017 models suffered from a pretty bad flaw: dirt or dust could get stuck inside the keyboard's "butterfly" mechanisms and make them unreliable and "sticky." As Kyle Weins ...

Apple introduced a redesigned MacBook Pro in late 2016 featuring a "butterfly" keyboard mechanism, which aims to provide "more responsive and comfortable typing," Apple said at the time.

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Additionally, Apple graced its updated MacBook Pro with the same butterfly keyboard design it originally introduced on the 12-inch MacBook back in 2015. Apple not only likes to boast that its ...

Crucially, Apple has also changed up its keyboard design, following an uproar from users and several lawsuits over the troubled "butterfly" keyboard design on the MacBook Pro. The new MacBook Pro ...