[BugsJustFindMe]

Every single one of these stupid blog posts goes a little something like "I wanted a 13 inch laptop but I got this 15 inch one instead just so I could gripe about how big it is" or "I don't like the touchbar but I got the one with the touchbar anyway just so I could gripe about it." or "I hammer my digits into the pavement like the smiting fist of an angry god at every keypress and now my fingers hurt."

And this guy. This fucking guy. He says all three, because he prefers the Air with its hot-garbage-even-when-it-was-brand-new screen.

If you want a 13" laptop without a fucking touchbar, then get the 13" one without the fucking touchbar. It's an option that you chose not to get.

[urda]

> If you want a 13" laptop without a fucking touchbar, then get the 13" one without the fucking touchbar. It's an option that you chose not to get.

Alas, Hacker News seems just as susceptible to the classic "Apple = Bad = Get Upvotes / Karma / Whatever"

I for one really enjoy my 15" MacBook Pro with touchbar and I'm just as productive as ever as a Software Engineer.

It's not a difficult concept people. We get it, you don't like it, we don't need articles years after the release of said touchbar. Don't like it don't buy it, or at least own up to the fact you just want cheap exposure for your article.

[Anderkent]

What's your problem with the airs screen?

I work on a macbook pro, mostly because 'modern' 'everything-must-docker' software development seems to require 16GB ram and an i7 to run anything. But for everything else, whether video or web, I come back to an early 2015 air. I definitely sympathise with the OP.

[BugsJustFindMe]

1440x900 with poor color fidelity and narrow viewing angles was already subpar in every aspect in 2013 for a 13 inch screen, and is a slap in the face in 2018.

[Spartan-S63]

The TN, non-retina display on the latest MacBook Air makes it feel neglected by Apple. That screen is also awful to look at and the viewing angles are supremely poor.

If you have a MacBook Air and like it, by all means use it. If you're in the market for a new laptop, don't buy a MacBook Air. It's essentially been abandoned by Apple.

[guitarbill]

As a former MacBook Air owner, the screen is total garbage. It's max resolution 1440x900! Smartphones have higher resolutions than that.

I didn't realise how unproductive I was until I switched to something with more resolution. Not to mention that it's TN, which is insulting for the price.

[banyek]

Heh, I got mine from my company, because they said, 'that is the laptop for the engineers' and nobody cared when I said I don't need that. And the 13" without touchbar would still be an usb-c one (I still had to replace all my stuff) and still have that crappy keyboard. I work with my machine, not just show it off for the people. Apple is over the zenit. Period.

[falcolas]

In making that choice between options, you give up a lot - discrete graphics cards, two USB-C ports, the fingerprint sensor, hard drive options...

A preference for physical keys costs more than just "giving up" the touch bar.

[jamiewildehk]

I got the 13" without the touch-bar and I love it. Note for this blogger: you don't have to hit the keys hard.

[falcolas]

I am personally not a fan of the keyboard either; the escape key is too large, and so it offset all of the other function buttons. Not to mention the extra precision (and thus attention) required to type on the keyboard: the minimal tactile differentiation of key edges can make it harder for my hands to auto-correct their position. I've hit 'tab' instead of '~' more than a dozen times at this point.

It's better than a rubber dome keyboard, but that's not saying much honestly.