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I wonder if I'm imagining it but the keyboard on the M4 Air feels better than the one on the M2 Air. Travel feels "better" (I can't pinpoint how to describe it though) and the keys feel less slippery but that might just be how a clean, new keyboard feels.

I could not find anything in reviews about the keyboard being improved other than that the M4 Air keyboard has a strike-through on the speaker icon on the F10 key now.

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Interesting let me try this in Apple Store. The reason why you cant find it in reviews is because not a single reviewer in modern days actually cares about the small details anymore. And even if they do most dont care about keyboard.

My instinct would be while the Key travel could remain the same ( IIRC 1mm Key travel ), but actuation force increase as it was previously something ridiculous like 35g.

Even if they bring it half way back to New Magic Keyboard used on the Desktop which I believe is 1.3mm Key Travel would have been much better.

Quite meaningless to talk about keyboard feel.

Slight different to the previous MBA and MBP but not good enough to warrant as improvement. Frankly speaking still sucks.

The lid is heavy. Nothing much could be done on the bottom side.

Might be a difference, with the M4 marginally crisper, or a bit more haptic feedback. Or it might be that my M2 is on a stand and the M4 is on the desk.

Also, the screen is totally clean. No dust or smudges.

When I owned an M1 Air the keys felt "thin" and "hollow" when bottoming out, versus the Pros which have always felt slightly softer without losing responsiveness. You can hear the difference between the keyboards at full speed typing. The M1 Air sounded cheaper to me. Can't speak to M4 Air.

Have they removed the stupid globe key from the keyboard (or moved it)? I'm getting pretty annoyed at hitting it when I very clearly mean something else, and the menu it brings up by default is a waste of time.

I love the globe key which I've mapped to emoji

FYI you can very easily disable that key in keyboard settings (and remap entirely using a 3rd party tool like BetterTouchTool)

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