Why no backlit keyboard on new MacBook Air?
I'm a longtime lover of the Mac Air, but the lack of a backlit keyboard is a deal breaker on buying the new model. Any idea why that is? And the likelihood of there being light again?
Why, WHY did Apple bring back the Macbook Air's backlit keyboard? I had gotten used to not having it, and then it came, unannounced, back into my life! There it is, glowing, mocking me, teasing me: "You KNOW you wanted me back! Tell me differently!" I told it, "You know I can turn you off in the Keyboard preferences, don't you?" But it mocked me once again, reminding me of this shocking fact: "But that will turn me off only until you start typing again!" My rejoinder was this: "But once I stop typing again, you'll go dim again, after an amount of time that I set in Keyboard preferences!" It then knocked all the wind out of my argument with THIS: "Uh, but I just told you, I'll glow again every time you start typing again."
Darn you backlit keyboard, darn you all to heck!
I actually really prefer the backlit keyboard. I don't know why Apple took it out of the Late 2010 models, and I'll bet nobody could even speculate why.