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Butterfly Keyboard Defect: "My 2018 Macbook Air is experiencing a problem"

2 pointsby mbgaxyzover 6 years ago

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mbgaxyzover 6 years ago
&quot;Unfortunately, Apple&#x27;s butterfly-switch keyboards have a troubled history of failure — littered with users shooting compressed air at stuck, unresponsive keys. There have even been a couple of class-action lawsuits. ... Apple&#x27;s been decidedly mum on the reliability of its 2018 MacBook keyboards. From what we&#x27;ve seen, though, Apple is trying to fix the situation: leaked documents explain how the 3rd-gen keys have a membrane layer (the existence of which was confirmed in an iFixit teardown) under the keys would protect the switches from debris. But flaws, apparently, still linger.&quot;<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.laptopmag.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2018-macbook-air-keyboard-concerns" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.laptopmag.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;2018-macbook-air-keyboard...</a><p>Users reporting problems here:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;mac&#x2F;comments&#x2F;9x700s&#x2F;new_macbook_air_2018_problems_with_the_keyboard&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;mac&#x2F;comments&#x2F;9x700s&#x2F;new_macbook_air...</a>