If you are a video game fan, the most normal thing is that you have a mechanical keyboard. Currently, this type of keyboard is quite common for video games and in other segments, such as office automation. Nevertheless, Manzana keep betting on scissor type keyboards and still without jumping to the mechanical switchesbecause?
You may be very familiar with Cherry MX mechanical switches, which are seen on many gaming keyboards. There are many alternatives, there is the Chinese version Outemu, Razer has its own, Logitech too and there are many other manufacturers that offer switches of this type for keyboards. So where does Apple’s insistence come from?
Apple doesn’t want mechanical keyboards
One characteristic of the Cupertino company is that they usually do thes things your way. Many fans of the brandfor years they asked that the iPhone were water resistant, something that happened in Android, but the brand did not pay attention. From the company they know that they can do what they want, since people will continue to buy their products for status, not for quality or benefits.
For Apple to continue to insist on scissor-type keyboards doesn’t make much sense, at first glance. The truth is that the mechanical switches for keyboard they have Some inconvenients. This would be:
- The mechanism of mechanical switches is higher than scissor systems, which would make laptops thicker
- Mechanical keyboard switches are quite loud, while the scissors are very quiet
- They are more easy to replace
But, in addition, Apple has spent years looking for a way to Replace all buttons or keys on a laptop. The Touch Bar, a major disaster that is no longer implemented, is an example of this. All function keys have been removed for a customizable elongated touch screen.
It is understandable that on laptops they might want the scissor type pushbuttons for being a lot more compact. But the company independently sells its own keyboards for its desktop computers. The truth is that they could continue to make their current compact keyboards and offer more variety with a mechanical keyboard, nobody prevents it.
No repair, no standardization
Although the company does not officially recognize it, what they seek is to make products as non-standard as possible. A clear example is the design of their own processors, to make repair difficult by unauthorized companies. The possibility of creating a Hackintosh, a computer with commercial parts on which a version of the MacOS operating system is installed, is also eliminated or reduced.
Use cherry mechanical switches, for example, it would suppose that anyone can fix it. You could buy the switches from Amazon or AliExpress and repair them at home. It is also possible that if they design their own switches, reverse engineer them, they will be copied in other parts of the world. And what Apple does not want is that its systems are repaired by third parties or by the user himself.
We just have to see that Android smartphones have standardized their charging port with USB-C. This allows you to use any charger from any terminal or you can purchase an unofficial one in stores. Apple uses its own system which, according to the brand, is “better”. So much so that the EU has had to draw up a rule to prevent Apple from continuing to sell terminals with its charger.
