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0 pointsbrandall107y ago0 comments

I've had all generations of keyboards on multiple machines going back to the 1st gen Macbook Pro (early 2008).

I type just as fast on the butterfly mechanism as any other, a consistent 90wpm with no mistakes and scattershot up to about 130 wpm during programming. I've been at this speed for about 2 decades now, going all the way back to using a vintage model M keyboard, an AEII keyboard, etc.

I sometimes go back and forth between my newer MBPs and a 2014 I still have. It takes about an hour of adjustment to get my speed up when switching.

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logicallee7y ago· 1 in thread

Thanks for this detailed info. (I type at similar speeds as you.) So when you use the butterfly keyboard at a cafe for example, is your initial feeling a bit of frustration (ah this again), since you did use the expression "forced to use it"...

brandall10OP7y ago

I don't really have much of a preference TBH. That slightly less action actually translates into a bit less work... my touch lightens and my fingers move less. I don't think I could live with the 1st gen used on the original 12" Macbooks though.

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