I would say "No keyboard backlighting" is a true show-stopper for a huge portion of the target audience (students).

Aurornis 3 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

My experience with students (outside of engineering) is that the most common show stopper for MacBooks is price. They’re not nit picking about keyboard backlighting.

Most people have no problem using a keyboard in the dark or with light from the screen.

Backlit keyboards are a nice-to-have, not a showstopper.

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justinator 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Learned touch typing just fine on a non-backlit keyboard. What would you feel would be the issue?

	▲	pbreit 43 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Can't see the keys in a dark classroom or bedroom.