[ScottBurson]

My beloved matte-screen 2011 17-incher failed unrepairably a couple of months ago. I decided to get a new 2017 15-inch model rather than take my chances getting another 17-inch one off of eBay. I had read lots of complaints about the keyboard, so I was prepared to possibly hate it, but it's okay, though not quite as good as the old one. The Touch Bar and larger trackpad seem like gimmicks to me. Well, the Touch Bar has its moments of usefulness, but against that, I hit it accidentally too often, and it's sensitive to the slightest touch.

Overall, I'm not unhappy, really. It is faster than my old one was, and much lighter, and has better battery life as long as I'm not doing anything CPU-intensive. Would I have been happier with the older 15-inch model they're still selling? In retrospect, I don't think I would have been any less happy, and I would have saved some money.