Apple will soon release the new MacBook Pro 13 and MacBook Air with keyboards that actually work

Apple blog 9to5Mac reports that this is according to reputable Chinese analyst Ming-Chi Kuo More than five years after Apple introduced the ever-failing butterfly keyboard, the change will finally happen in the second quarter of this year

Kuo had previously said that the MacBook Pro 13 with the new scissor-based key mechanism would be available "in the first half of 2020" Now he has pulled it back to Q2, putting the 13-inch at the end of his original launch window

The analyst did not say whether the MacBook Pro 13-inch was scheduled to launch earlier and was delayed by the coronavirus He did say, however, that MacBook Pro sales have proven to be "more resistant" to the pandemic than other Apple devices

The big news here, at least for ultranote fans, is that Apple will simultaneously launch a MacBook Air with Magic Keyboard in the same month Previously, Kuo had mentioned that the Air would appear a few months after the launch of the 13-inch notebook

If both the MacBook Pro 13 and MacBook Air are released with the Magic Keyboard, it will put an end to Apple users' butterfly keyboard nightmare

It all started when Apple introduced this keyboard in March 2015 The company then tried to fix it with the second generation model in October 2016, but the complaints only continued as Apple continued to ignore users

Two years later, the situation remained the same: In May 2018, a Changeorg petition asked Apple to recall all MacBook Pros with butterfly keyboards, and a class action lawsuit was filed that monthIn June 2018, Apple offered an extended free replacement program finally attempted to placate users by offering an extended free replacement program, which still did not resolve the situation, but did provide first aid for the obvious defective design issue

A month later, in July 2018, Apple announced a third revision of the butterfly keyboard, claiming it was a good one However, as it turned out in April 2019, Basecamp's chief technology officer claimed that almost half of the company's MacBook Pros with third-generation keyboards were failing

It was not until November 2019 that Apple finally solved the problem by dropping the keyboard mechanism, which was a design flaw; the MacBook Pro 16-inch's new "Magic Keyboard" uses the same scissor mechanism as Apple's desktop keyboards It uses it and works brilliantly But having to pay $2,400 to type reliably on a MacBook Pro is a bit ridiculous Especially since the new MacBook Pro 13 is expected to be priced similarly to the current $1,300 model

The nightmare will soon be over The butterfly keyboard is almost dead You won't want to miss it

So don't buy a MacBook Pro 13 or MacBook Air until these new laptops are available