content: Apple looking to ditch hated butterfly keyboard https://nypost.com/2020/03/13/apple-may-ditch-hated-butterfly-keyboard-on-all-new-macbooks/ Apple may soon ditch its much-hated “butterfly” keyboard for good, a high-profile Apple analyst said Friday (March 13th). TFI Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo wrote in a research note obtained by tech blog MacRumors that he expects Apple to unveil a new MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models in the second quarter of 2020, including a brand new 14-inch form factor. The 14-inch MacBook Pro model is expected to replace the 13-inch line, which will be discontinued. The company four months ago released a 16-inch MacBook Pro model with its new keyboard design. It features an updated version of the old scissor-style mechanism that its MacBooks had relied on in years past. The redesigned keys were a response to the “butterfly” keyboard which Apple introduced to enable ever-thinner laptop designs, but which proved faulty. In addition to keys that are prone to sticking and breaking when crumbs or dust gets under them, users griped that the butterfly keys were prone to typos and felt weird to type on. The unreliable keys forced Apple to introduce a free keyboard repair program in 2018.