


But it is not quite as painfully clacky as the previous generation, and your keystrokes don't land as hard. It is not as good as the 2015 MacBook Pro keyboard, which was excellent. I have to moderate your expectations: if you like a Lenovo or a Microsoft laptop keyboard, something where the keys really press down, you still won't like this keyboard. Rather, it makes it feel a little bit more forgiving, and so more comfortable for long-term typing. That doesn't make the keyboard feel mushy it was too flat and hard before. That feels like it's done by putting some sort of cushioning at the bottom of the keypress. The keys definitely still click, but they're noticeably less noisy. The 2018 model is softer, in both senses of the term. Click on that, and it shows a slider that you can drag from full brightness all the way down to none. When you click on that, it shows a dropdown with several small panes, one of which says ‘Keyboard Brightness’. If you're a hard typist, the way I am, then the keys can be loud enough to interrupt conversation and your fingertips can feel a little bruised at the end of the day. You can do it from the Control Centre the new icon in the menu bar that looks like two sliders. Your fingers land HARD at the bottom, with a harsh, metallic clack. On the road, I alternate between a Microsoft Surface Book and a 2016 MacBook (not Pro), the one with the worst keyboard only because it's really lightweight.Īpple's 2017 keyboards are shallow and very loud.

At work, I type on a desktop Cherry MX Board 6, a mechanical keyboard with huge throw. My biases: I hate the earlier keyboards with a flaming passion.
