This is basically among the more powerful Mac laptops before M1. I'm overall satisfied with it. There's more than enough beef here for everything I do. I got it refurbished so didn't pay absolute top dollar.
I'd be happy to lose the touch bar and definitely feel like M1 Chip was a step up I missed out on — though have enough power in this machine to not worry about it, realistically.
At this point I worry that I'm an old dog that can't be taught new tricks enough to really want to leave the Apple ecosystem at this point. Just the way it is despite the premium pricing and certain missed options.
I have the same, yet I've still had the keyboard replaced twice thanks to the stupid butterfly key flaw. Now, unless I absolutely have to (like for travel), I always use an external mouse and keyboard
I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
I cannot stand typing or using the touchpad on Macs. I make so many mistakes, and it's not down to familiarity because sometimes the Mac's been the only computer I've used for weeks at a time. I connect an external keyboard and mouse if I can these days.
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This is basically among the more powerful Mac laptops before M1. I'm overall satisfied with it. There's more than enough beef here for everything I do. I got it refurbished so didn't pay absolute top dollar.
I'd be happy to lose the touch bar and definitely feel like M1 Chip was a step up I missed out on — though have enough power in this machine to not worry about it, realistically.
At this point I worry that I'm an old dog that can't be taught new tricks enough to really want to leave the Apple ecosystem at this point. Just the way it is despite the premium pricing and certain missed options.
I'm also team MacBook, but I skipped the 15-inch 2019. I need a physical escape key.
That's why I immediately got the MacBook 16" (non-M1) when I saw the keyboard 🥰
I have the same, yet I've still had the keyboard replaced twice thanks to the stupid butterfly key flaw. Now, unless I absolutely have to (like for travel), I always use an external mouse and keyboard
I cannot stand typing or using the touchpad on Macs. I make so many mistakes, and it's not down to familiarity because sometimes the Mac's been the only computer I've used for weeks at a time. I connect an external keyboard and mouse if I can these days.