The keyboard on the 2017 MacBook Pro really is utterly disgraceful. I am noticing it today as I’m away from my usual office setup with external keyboard, mouse and monitors. There’s no point saying to me, “It’s about time you upgraded that ancient thing.” No point because this computer will never get upgraded to anything other than a standard Dell Latitude, given the new regime at the top. There is no money in the system for such luxuries.
In any case, age has nothing to do with it. I have my own 2012 MacBook Pro with a far superior keyboard, still going strong for serious writing: such a delight to type on. This work laptop of mine — itself inherited from a previous manager — is fine in every other way. Its chipset and screen should last several more years at this rate. As a desktop machine, it’s very much still fit for purpose. It’s just as a laptop for mobile working that it is absolutely substandard.
The horribly clunky, noisy keyboard is one thing, the sticking keys and missed strokes is something else completely. The i key especially enters double characters every time. Such a chore to work on. Forgivable, perhaps, in a bargain basement laptop, but this was a horrendously expensive computer at launch. My old manager should have sent it back when he got it; only, he was such a zealous Apple fanboy that he had nothing but praise for this pile of poop, declaring it a feature. Proof that love is blindness.
Last modified: 5 June 2023
