Are there any laptops with decent keyboards?
Julia would buy a MacBook Pro Retina but she doesn't like the latest version's keyboard. What are the alternatives?
I recently upgraded to a used early-2015 MacBook Pro Retina because of Apple's recent redesign of the MacBook Pro, which sliced off a little bit of thickness at the cost of various ports and the very reliable keyboard with scissor mechanism. Apple is facing class-action lawsuits over the new butterfly keyboards' untimely breakage, and as my computer's main job is to be a writing tool, I didn't want to risk ending up with non-functional keys. Also, I have tried the new keyboard and I did not like the feel of it: travel seems too short and rather "flat" for my taste.
However, I find laptop keyboards across all platforms are becoming flatter and slimmer, and the only ones that appear to offer mechanical keyboards are flashy gaming laptops. There aren't any for writers.
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