Apple reportedly wants to use changeable E Ink keyboards

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Oh boy, gimmicks. Who needs good keyboards when I can make my G key the Gentoo logo?

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>>60602026
Good for professional tools since you don't need to buy a new keyboard with labels.

>>60602117
>look up keybindings
>waste time putting them on keycaps instead of just memorizing them
I forgot what kind of people Apple sold their shit to.

>>60602428
No, that's actually a dedicated editing keyboard. The labels are actually embedded into the keys.

https://www.editorskeys.com/products/video-editing-keyboards/adobe-premiere-cc-wireless-keyboard/

>>60601984
Hope it doesn't cost $1500 like this; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o03lWhKykBk

>>60601984

Their newest macbook pro keyboards must be for prepping the users for touchscreen keyboards

Its the only thing that explains the shittiness

>>60601984
This keyboard just BTFO'd all the gimmick mechanical keyboards completely how would /g/ EVER Recover?

>>60601984
>Apple reportedly wants to use changeable E Ink keyboards
That, I would like! I'm not a fan on Touchbar but a keyboard that I can edit to display anything and nothing appeals to me.

I would immediately set it to Colemak and reprogram a bunch of keys.

Apple, make it happen!

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>>60601984
>Microsoft puts a touchscreen into the screen
>apple goes the opposite way and puts a screen into the keyboard

What the fuck are they doing?

It'd certainly help with different language keyboards. As well as switching to dvorak.

It makes a LOT more sense than putting LED screens into keys, that shit was dumb.

>>60605127
touchscreen into the screen:
> no taptic feedback

screen in the keyboard:
> taptic feedback

can we get one with a non shitty design?
like a model m or thinkpad keyboard but e ink?

>>60601984
That's actually pretty neat

>>60601984
Hey that actually sounds useful. I hope this becomes ubiquitous someday. I don't necessarily want it to replace the keyboards of today, but instead be a nice addition.

>>60601984
great, now MBPs will be even more expensive without getting any more features that any one wants to use

>>60602117
Too bad e-ink doesn't do colours so it's quite useless.

>>60602026
>only have to manufacture one type of keyboard for every language your OS supports

I think this is a little more than just a gimmick.

>>60601984
Sounds neat but isn't it going to be a gigantic mess to put a display on each key and have it all connected?

>>60605788
Except you can't. (At least) American, European and Japanese MacBooks all have different layouts.

>>60605764
But E-ink is capable of color at least since 2011.

>>60605127
>What the fuck are they doing?

Thinking different

>>60605127
doing it better

>>60605807
Universal layout that macfags will simply have to get used to

>>60601984
What's the point? If you even need marked keys, you already fail at computers.

>>60602117
What the fuck. How slow would your workflow be staring at your keyboard like that.

>>60602428
Apple decided to abandon their pro customers years ago, final cut X and the new Mac pro are a clear statement, so it is the new Macbook without f keys and SD card slot

OLED keyboards have been out since 2006

e-ink is a good idea but on a laptop ?

>>60607027

but they kept the 3.5mm audio-jack

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>>60607000
>Bothering to type
??? If you even need a keyboard you fail at computers.

>>60607179
Not enough courage

>>60605764
Millenial retard spotted.

>>60607044
Even better on laptop, it barely even sips power

My kindle gets 1-3 week long battery life on a single charge.