> That being said, building a hackintosh rig and getting it to work is really fun to play around with!
In other words, doing this will eat up countless hours so you should only by doing this if you want (i.e., have time for) a new hobby, not because you think the new MBPs lack of an Esc key is going to ruin your productivity.
Don't know why you are getting downvoted. Hackintosh often have problems with interacting with specific non mac hardware and they can be a pain to set up.
In other words, doing this will eat up countless hours so you should only by doing this if you want (i.e., have time for) a new hobby, not because you think the new MBPs lack of an Esc key is going to ruin your productivity.