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    iFixit's MacBook Air teardown confirms 0.5mm thicker keyboard

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    Christine Fisher
    Christine Fisher
    03.25.2020

    If you've been lucky enough to get your hands on the new MacBook Air, you know that the keyboard really is excellent. Thanks to the scissor mechanism, which replaced the hated butterfly keyboard, the keys are noticeably cushier, with more travel. iFixit took a closer look at those keys in its latest teardown and reports that the height difference is about 0.5 millimeters.