[holografix]

I loved my MBPr when it came out, had it for years abd then decided to buy a refreshed model basically for faster wifi and because I could.

Suddenly I learned that the SAME version of my mac but newer cost the same and REMOVED the dGPU.

I was flabbergasted... why the HELL would I pay the same money to lose the dGPU.

That day I had to abandon the mac and I got a Surface Book. The new line of Macbooks with their poorer battery life, silly keyboards and overdosed trackpads made me feel less like I was missing something.

First mac was the Macbook “white” one of the forst intel ones.

Magical is the only word I have. The breathing sleep led, the orange/green charging indicator. The button on the underside which would light up a simple gauge indicating battery level. The media remote control. The terminal with Python and C installed out of the box.

I mean it was way way way beyond anything you could buy and although more expensive it was worth every penny.

Just doesnt feel like that anymore.

The new macbooks just cost too much and the features dont feel like an improvement.

[mgkimsal]

How are you liking the surface book? I was on the fence, and... to get the model I'd want, it's still > $2k - not something I'm going to just randomly grab to try out for a bit. But... the build quality seems very 2015 MBP, and as the specs improve, I'm tempted. Perhaps that'll be a 2018 upgrade?

Any downsides you've hit in switching? I do a lot of work with intellij/phpstorm, vagrant/vms - I'm assuming there wouldn't be any substantive changes in those. Also, some of the WSL/ubuntu stuff in win10 looks promising too.