The MacBooks of the future could redesign your keyboard system again by offering a retractable system and be even thinner than the current ones. Apple's keyboards on MacBooks have changed several times in their history, and the latest update left the "damn" butterfly keyboards in an attempt at improvement. We say try because although it is true these keyboards with butterfly mechanism worked very well, with the passage of time they suffered quite a few problems to the point that they were finally removed from all their MacBooks.
Now the company continues to insist on offering an improved type of mechanism, which is why this new patent filed by the company shows a keyboard that slides into the MacBook case. This type of keyboard is not entirely new since IBM already had a keyboard similar to the one patented by Apple on older ThinkPads.
The patent shows the keys but the mechanism is not discussed, which although it is true could be similar to the current scissor It is not ruled out that they may think of adding the controversial butterfly mechanism on this type of retractable keyboard. Of course, what the patent shows is a much thinner keyboard that will be hidden in the case of the equipment, thus allowing the equipment to be made thinner. This is something that Apple is always working on although it is true that the thinness does not come only from the keyboard.
We will see if in the end the patent is only that or finally with the passage of time we see it implemented in the MacBook.