hey guys how's it going so yesterday
Apple announced the product refresh on
their MacBook line so there were a bunch
of different product releases so the
first thing is that the MacBook 12-inch
has been discontinued and the nine $99
MacBook Air which was the cheapest
macbook that you could buy is no longer
available I think for students who can
still get a version of MacBook Air for
$9.99 otherwise the MacBook Airs are not
starting at hundred dollars more
expensive and Apple has released a
13-inch MacBook Pro they're the rumors
for the that particular device was
already circulating for a while so I am
not surprised so buried under all these
new product launches is something very
interesting and that's the focus of
today's video so what I want to talk
about is the 12-inch MacBook so remember
in 2015 for years back apple launched a
12-inch MacBook and this MacBook was
supposed to herald the new era of
innovation from Apple so there were a
bunch of new things in this MacBook the
first thing was that it didn't have any
port other than just one type C USB port
the most important change in this
MacBook was that they introduced a brand
new keyboard which was called the
butterfly keyboard you can go on YouTube
and you can look at how Apple was
posting about how amazing this keyboard
was how thin it was you know they had a
new butterfly mechanism as opposed to
the scissors mechanism and that would
make the keyboard like you know they
would shave a few millimeters from the
width from the height of the keyboard so
there were a lot of so-called
innovations I put it under quotes
innovation because at the end of the day
the user was not really benefiting from
any of those innovations so the main
goal or the purpose of doing these
changes was to basically make the
MacBook thinner and sure Apple succeeded
in making that particular version of
MacBook thinner by few millimeters but
those shaving of few millimeters came at
a cost and the cost was that the
keyboard experience was absolute garbage
the key had very mushy feeling the key
travel
was reduced as a result when you were
typing it didn't feel you know like how
it is supposed to feel when you type on
a high quality laptop and more
importantly the keyboard was
fundamentally defective and so as a
result it would break down for normal
use case so one speck of dust could get
inside the keyboard and could completely
break the keyboard and the problem was
that you could not go and just replace
that particular key which was
misbehaving you had to change the entire
assembly and so this has been a problem
for Apple Apple tried to fix it they
came out with three or four iterations
since they launched it and they still
haven't succeeded in fixing the
butterfly keyboard so why am I talking
about butterfly keyboard now the reason
I am talking about this is because Apple
has discontinued MacBook 12 inch model
the first model which came out with
butterfly keyboard and there are very
strong rumours that next year they are
going to get rid of the butterfly
keyboard altogether so every macbook
that will ship in 2020 will revert back
to the old scissor style keyboard with
some minor modifications so that Apple
can still claim victory and say that hey
this is a new version of the keyboard
but the reality is that they will be
switching to a type of keyboard the
fundamental mechanism won't be any
different than say think pad from IBM or
any other high-quality laptop which
comes with a good keyboard Apple is
reverting back to something which works
so here is my question why is Apple
refreshing MacBooks this year knowing
fully well that next year they are going
to be changing the keyboard completely
now we all know that Apple does not have
any confidence in their butterfly
keyboards that's why they are including
this keyboard replacement guarantee
which they are giving on not only the
older Mac books but even the ones they
are selling this year so Apple knows
that these keyboards are going to fail
and that's why they are including it in
their keyboard replacement plans even
the 2019 model so my question to Apple
is knowing that your keyboard is
defective and now we know that next year
you are going to replace the butterfly
keyboard with a scissor style keyboard
why are you still selling or why are you
still refreshing these netbooks and you
are including a keyboard which you know
is defective
you your engineers have now accepted the
fact that they cannot fix this design
and they are dumping this design in
favor of the Caesar keyboard but Apple
still is basically selling this laptops
the three fresh laptops which have which
they have announced today they will be
still selling it to valuable customers
and these customers will be stuck with
this keyboard remember guys when the
next year when the refreshed netbooks
come with a better keyboard you will not
be able to bring your older laptops and
expect that Apple is going to replace
your butterfly keyboard the this is a
style keyboard I don't think the new
keyboard design is a drop-in replacement
for the older keyboard the chassis of
these laptops most likely is going to
change and so these newer keyboards are
not going to fit into your existing
MacBook Air or MacBook Pro or whatever
you are buying this year so what does
that mean for current customers so if
you buy a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air
this year in 2019 it's not a question if
your keyboard breaks because we know
that the keyboard is going to break
sooner or later so it's not a question
of if it's a question of then so I
personally believe that Apple is
basically misleading their customers so
by saying that we are refreshing our
MacBook lines knowing that there is a
keyboard problem and a problem which is
so grave that there is no fix for this
problem they are applying band-aid
solutions but it's never going to you
don't solve the problem that's why we
are running this replacement program so
in my opinion Apple should not refresh
any laptop this year because in my
opinion this is a malpractice now I
understand it's a company you know this
you you are unstable to stockholders so
you need to come up with new product
lines to make money and that's exactly
what Apple is doing but my suggestion to
anybody watching this video is if you
are interested in buying a macbook hold
for some time wait until 2020 and see
what kind of keyboard apple uses in the
new MacBooks and then only you pull that
ring you should not buy an Apple laptop
whether its MacBook Air or MacBook Pro
this year because keyboard is one of the
most important part of a laptop it's the
power of the most important input device
for a laptop right keyboard is if the
keyboard is Rusted laptop is useless and
knowing that the keyboard design is
faulty
is still selling these laptops and they
are saying hey we will cover you under a
warranty program which basically tells
me that they have no confidence in their
keyboard design I think it's a
malpractice so I'm very disappointed
with the way Apple is behaving I am not
sure if Apple would have behaved like
this is if Steve Jobs was still around I
don't think Steve Jobs because Steve
Jobs
whether you like that guy or not I will
tell you one thing he used to take
immense pride in things he used to make
and after knowing that something was
defective he would not have sold it to
the customers and he would have scrapped
that and until they you know they would
have come up with a fix he would not
have basically allowed selling this but
unfortunately Tim Cook is more of a bean
counter he is really not somebody who is
interested in product development or he
doesn't really care he's just there to
count money so all he knows is to
increase the price of everything whether
it's iPad or some ad books and just you
know make money and that's all he cares
about right I guess that's why Wall
Street loves and because he just knows
how to make money but I think Apple is
doing damage to their brand in the long
run by behaving like this so that's all
guys let me know what you think about
the new Apple laptops what are your
opinions about MacBook Air and MacBook
Pro models and I will see you guys in my
next video bye
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