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Introduction |
| ICYMI, Apple’s having a midsummer’s nightmare: | | | * '''June 22''': Apple announced a free keyboard replacement program after mounting pressure from a [https://www.scribd.com/document/378981035/Butterfly-Keyboard-Class-Action|class-action lawsuit] over the faulty design of the butterfly keyboard in Macbook Pros. | | * '''July 12''': Apple [https://mashable.com/2018/07/12/rip-2015-15-inch-retina-macbook-pro/#T_3osdDU4iqY|quietly discontinued the 2015 MacBook Pro] after a three-year run—which means every laptop in their Pro lineup comes equipped with the controversial butterfly keyboard. | | * '''July 13''': Apple launched the new MacBook Pro and carefully mentioned that its third-generation keyboard was re-engineered purely for ''quietude''. We found a [https://ifixit.org/blog/10279/apple-macbook-keyboard-cover-up/|silicone membrane] under each key cap, seemingly designed to prevent the ingress failures we keep hearing about. And then we found a [http://pdfaiw.uspto.gov/.aiw?docid=20180068808|patent] to prove it—from 2016. | | * '''July 12''': Apple quietly discontinued the 2015 MacBook Pro after a three-year run—which means every laptop in their Pro lineup comes equipped with the controversial butterfly keyboard. | | * '''July 16''': We teardown the MacBook Pro 15” Touch Bar 2018 and score it a 1. |
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