The MacBook Air 2019 and MacBook Pro 2020 will abandon the butterfly keyboard

When Apple introduced the long-awaited MacBook Pro refresh in 2016, one of the main attractions was the butterfly keyboard along with the touch bar. Practically since its inception, the butterfly keyboard has presented a number of problems, which has forced Tim Cook's company to create different replacement programs for all those affected.

Every new generation of the MacBook Pro, Apple has tried to improve performance by adding different layers to prevent dirt from entering the keyboard and ends up causing the affected keys to stop working. None of the different solutions that he has proposed have managed to end the problem, so according to Ming-Chi Kuo, he has decided to cut his losses.

According to Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple has thrown in the towel and in the MacBook Air 2019 and MacBook Pro 2020 it will use the traditional and efficient scissor keyboard again. The butterfly keyboard offers us a short-travel design while the scissor keyboard is somewhat longer, but has proven over many years to be much more efficient. By offering a shorter tour, Apple has had the opportunity to reduce the thickness of the MacBook that have integrated it.

According to Kuo, the new scissor switch keyboard is a totally new design and would be made of fiberglass to reinforce resistance. The butterfly keyboard has not only shown performance and reliability issues but is also much more expensive to manufacture.

The MacBook Pro 2019 integrates a third generation butterfly keyboard, a new generation that incorporates a silicone sleeve on each key to prevent dirt can get between the keys and affect keyboard performance. But still, it seems that Apple are not very convinced of this solution and have decided to return to the scissor keyboard.

To the camera with the AirPower

Most likely, just like the AirPower charging base, Apple hasn't completely dismissed the butterfly keyboardRather, it will be kept in the warehouse until technology advances enough to be able to offer this mechanism again with the security that users demand.

Although in the case of the butterfly keyboard, bad fame may accompany you for many years, and a new generation that fixes the problems, it can be a problem for future users to trust.