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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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Learned touch typing just fine on a non-backlit keyboard. What would you feel would be the issue?
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Can't see the keys in a dark classroom or bedroom.
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