![]() If you mostly just use the web browser but want an Apple laptop, nab the base model MacBook Air ($999). The MacBook Pro 13-Inch is the latest Apple laptop model to get the updated (and improved) keyboard. Its battery life is just OK, the aluminum body gets warm quite often, and the configurations of the machine that are truly useful are too expensive. But not everything about the newest MacBook Pro is rosy. The 13-incher is not as big and bulky as the 16-inch MacBook Pro, and it has more power (and more ports) than the MacBook Air. And like Goldilocks with the third bowl of porridge, the last machine to get a refresh in the MacBook lineup is my favorite. In fact, with this machine's release, Apple no longer sells a laptop with the butterfly switch keyboard-the company has been phasing the design out with each new MacBook. With the new 13-inch MacBook Pro, the butterfly plague has finally been eradicated. The faulty keys eroded consumer trust and sparked several class-action lawsuits plus, Apple's fixes were more like treatments than a cure. Apple tweaked the design in following iterations, but the damage to the MacBook's reputation was done. It was an attempt on Apple's part to slim the MacBook even further and make the machine that much more portable, but the mechanism was so fragile that a single mote of dust could disable a key completely. The trouble all began with the butterfly keyboard switch that debuted in 2015. ![]() The past five years haven't been kind to Apple's laptops.
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