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====== The Butterfly Keyboard is Dead! ======

With the recent release of the latest Mac Book Pro, the butterfly keyboard is finally dead! Huzzah!

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It's dead, but not as dead as a doornail. You see, Apple still has these abominations of keyboards still about thanks to the keyboard replacement program and the new old stock still floating around Apple, Amazon, Best Buy, and anywhere else you can buy these things. Unfortunately, there are still people on youtube unboxing these things. Eventually, though, these will be completely gone.

What about me, you ask? Well, if you know me, you know that I am a happy MacBook Pro owner. I have been [[:notes:memories:first_macbook_pro|since 2011 when I got my first MacBook Pro]]. In 2017, I looked at upgrading my MBP because it was losing support - Mojave was coming and High Sierra was as high as it was going to go. I loved it and it lasted me so long. So I went out to my local Apple Store to buy it one weekend (instead of repeating 2011 and just buying it online and waiting a weekend to get it). I figured I'd stay with the same base model as I previously did. I figured, it was enough. I regretted it quickly.

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So I spent about the same amount of money, got a horrible keyboard, and 128 GB of storage which is insufficient anymore. After installing Microsoft Office, Firefox, and a few documents, I had like 20 GB of space free. So I couldn't use it as my daily driver like I had hoped. So In October 2019, I got a new job and decided to reward myself by dumping my 2017 for a 2019 model maxed out with 16 GB of RAM, 1 TB storage, and quad core i7. This was powerful enough to be my daily driver. I almost got a 15" model but I absolutely cannot stand the large size. I was tempted to get it because of the 32 GB of RAM option which is really what I wanted. It would allow me to run some VMs locally. While the last generation of the butterfly keyboard was better, it still sucks. In November or December, I bought myself a space grey magic keyboard and I absolutely love this thing. It's great to type on. It's just perfect. So when Apple released the new 2020 models, I decided to go out (well, stay in because of COVID-19), and order a 2020 13" MBP with the new 10th gen i7, 32 GB of RAM, and 1 TB storage. This will last me a while. I won't have to think about what is happening around my keyboard either. So I don't consider these two laptops as actually owning them. I'm not keeping them, I'm trading them in for credit. Now I wait for my new MBP. I ordered it May 11, 2020. It has an estimated arrival date of June 4-11. We'll see when it does show up. A whole month. Thanks, COVID-19.
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