Apple faces class action lawsuit over failing MacBook butterfly keyboards
At the start of the year I bought a full spec 15" MBP. Two weeks in the B key stopped working so I took it to the Apple Store and they literally gave me a brand new one. Why did the B key stop working? Apparently it was a crumb. So I had a total system replacement of a £3000 laptop because of a crumb. Insane. Yes I know the broken one will be repaired and re-sold as a refurb but still that is just crazy.<p>I ended up returning the MBP for a refund anyway as I really didn't enjoy the new butterfly keyboard. I found it quite painful to type on for more than about 20 minutes.<p>I strongly feel the latest generation MBP is a step backwards in what a "professional" wants and needs from such a machine. Sure make the consumer MacBook model as thin as possible but don't butcher the Pro model to save 0.2mm by introducing a god awful keyboard and removing a bunch of crucial ports so we have to rely on bloody dongles!<p>Ninja Edit: Forgot to mention how much I hated the TouchBar. What sucks is the actual <i>idea</i> of the touchbar is pretty nice but replacing the function keys with it on a Pro machine is idiotic. They could have easily added the touchbar while keeping the function keys but decided not to probably to be minimal/simple.