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I have a 2018 core i9 5000$ MBP 15, it is by far the worst experience from a premium device I've ever had - when I turn on docker and an IDE people in the office start turning their heads towards me, the fan noise is insane - I need to power limit the device using third party software to make it usable it's ridiculous.

Apple sold the old MacBook air (2015 one?) untill 2018 ? And charged like 1000$ for it ? Have you used that crap ? My wife has it and I was laughing my ass off at how terrible the device was - the viewing angles on the screen were better on 400$ HP devices.

Apple keyboards have long been subpar, they have no touchscreen or 2in1 offering which is a perfect form factor for my mobile computing (iPad pro is nice but iOS only that's a deal breaker for almost any professional).

And the beloved macos was super rough in Catalina.

I need to develop for iOS occasionally so I'm forced to use a Mac or swap arround, but I'm sorry - Apple laptops were a bad deal for a long time from most perspectives - I would personally get an X1 over any previous MBP.

M1 and pricing change that for the first time in a long long time - I would recommend this laptop to anyone buying a device in this category.