I would disagree. With an Atari 400, you knew you could upgrade to a real keyboard by buying an 800. But with modern mac laptops, your only option for a real keyboard is an external one, but you have to also carry a usb-c to usb-a adapter around to connect it. And it's hard to use as a laptop with an external keyboard hanging off it.
I still prefer the Atari 400 membrane keyboard to the chicklet keys on modern macs.
SNS: SPELL MRGHHSHFG.
Me: what?
SNS: SPELL FHJFRJEBRBDN.
Me: what ARE you saying!?
Bit of trivia: my uncle was the executive at TI that green-lit the Speak-N-Spell. I was a tad bit older than the target market, but got invited to be in one of the early focus groups they used to gage reaction to it. I thought it was the coolest thing since sliced bread and saved my pennies to buy a speech synthesizer for my 99/4 after seeing it.
But yes, it had a worse keyboard than even the original 99/4.
I still prefer the Atari 400 membrane keyboard to the chicklet keys on modern macs.