i remap capslock to escape regardless of the make/model of laptop i use, so the lack of a physical escape key didn’t really effect me.
i never type with capslock on, and find using it for escape helps my vim workflow
i never type with capslock on, and find using it for escape helps my vim workflow
(Edit: In case anyone else is wondering the same things, the main answers seem to be (1) on manual typewriters, both the shift and capslock needed to physically lift the entire carriage, and so required more force and was for some users a two-finger operation; and (2) all the buttons on the sides of the letters simply fill space to the edges, if we shorten the capslock, we'd need to put something else there or we'd move the A.)
It is not working well: the very limited travel on the keys is not giving my fingers the feedback that I actually hit the "esc" key (capslock). It introduces errors.
I'd probably have to live with this laptop for a while though. I don't think the startup I work for is going to buy a new MBP for me anytime soon.
Being able to go to 32 GB will be nice though. Up until this 2019 MBP, I had seriously looked into switching back to a Linux laptop.
Nowadays that I am working with Elixir, multi-core is much more appreciated :-D