You understate the problem. The faux esc key is no good for programmers, but the touch bar, keyboard, and lack of legacy USB-A ports is no good for *every* user. But IMO Apple still leads with chassis, touch pad, OS sleep/wake, screen, durability, so not an easy choice.
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Touchpads have gotten better everywhere; chassis *could* be an asset but last 3 gens have screwed it up (kbd/battery fusing, poor thermals, etc.).
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What will you switch to?
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CrOS. Crostini seals the deal: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/docs/+/master/containers_and_vms.md …
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Way too early to tell. Also, the base model should do fine for most portable dev workloads
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Nerp. Deal already killed w/ touchbar fiasco + ~5 years of middling GPU/CPU/memory upgrades. Even if they were to fix the thermals, it won't fix the GPU and driver situation. Apple doesn't sell performance laptops any more, period.
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Did you switch? How long did it take for your fingers to adapt?
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They know all this,
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