| "Best?" really? - Glued in batteries - Difficult to repair, especially the poorly-manufactured logic board - No Kensington security slot - Soldered in RAM This is why I still use an 13" A1278 non-Retina from 2012: 2x SSD's, 16 GiB of RAM, SD slot and KS slot. It's a little thick but sturdy, not the fastest CPU but it's solid. The latest MBP's have unreliable logic boards and Apple's repair policies result in massive charges for binning whole boards instead of repairing cheap components. For such reasons, the "best" macOS laptop these days is arguably a hackintosh Lenovo such as T440 or P50s. - Spill-resistant, awesome keyboard - Nearly unbreakable - Upgradable with commodity parts - Repairable - Crazy-long battery life - Necessary ports included It doesn't make sense to go with over-priced, soldered-in components that lack sufficient repairability. |
> "It doesn't make sense…"
People are definitely entitled to their opinions, and any definition of "best" is going to be based on what one's priorities are. It's clear your priorities and Marco's aren't the same, which is fine. The incredulity you express here is really unwarranted.