[Swordmaker]

Now that they have abandoned the butterfly keyboards going forward, will they buy back all the defective units?

They haven’t dropped that butterfly keyboard design; they’ve re-engineered it to eliminated the problems the first design developed. They have a warranty that will replace the keyboard, the top cover of the bottom, and they take the opportunity to replace the battery as well, no charge.

[Jim Noble]

They’ve announced a new design to replace the butterfly keyboard, in MacBooks this Fall and in the MacBook Pro in 2020. It is a completely different design with a new mechanism.

This being the case, it’s very hard to make the case for buying either a MacBook or MBP right now.

[Jim Noble]

The updated models announced today are eligible for the keyboard replacement program.

[Jim Noble]

The new keyboard design starts this Fall.

[Mr. Jeeves]

They have a warranty that will replace the keyboard, the top cover of the bottom, and they take the opportunity to replace the battery as well, no charge.

They did that for my 2016 model after a battery failure. New keyboard is great but now, after less than a year, the battery is starting to fail again. Might be almost time for a new MBP. :)