- touchbar. Enough has been said about this so I will just say it's worthless
- bad keyboard. Butterfly keys are too problematic and as they fail you end up having to type harder so it registers. From there it's a slippery slope to a broken keyboard
- Overly huge trackpad. I don't see this get mentioned much but these things are massive on the keyboard. Takes up so much real estate so if you are typing on it you have to contort your hands and wrists so you don't accidentally brush it.
Does anyone really use the full size of that thing? Do people really find gestures to be all that important that you need as big a touchpad as this?
Currently developing on an X1 gen 6 and couldn't be happier
Legitimately I just tested moving around the screen. I am not using more than 3in x 2in at a time.
The trackpad is by far the biggest sell of the macbook series. If PCs came with just as well working trackpads, I would consider switching.
The keyboard is wonderful to use when it works. Mine hasn't failed, but it is a fear I have, and a fear I shouldn't have. But a working butterfly keyboard is a great keyboard.
> Does anyone really use the full size of that thing?
Yes, all the time.
> Do people really find gestures to be all that important that you need as big a touchpad as this?
You obviously don't need it. It is better than a smaller touchpad.
I didn't have to pay for the repair because I had AppleCare—an expanded warranty program that offers free repairs for most hardware failures for three years—but the receipt Apple gave me stated that it would have cost more than $700 otherwise.
And having to buy $300 of AppleCare to get repairs for what are design defects in a >$3000 laptop is outrageous. Where are our lemon laws for laptops and smartphones??!
I can and do happily type on the 2015 Mac Pro keyboard (although for the most part in the office, I dock the laptop and use a proper keyboard with it)
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7795970
https://medium.com/@mrmrs_/i-got-rsi-and-what-happened-next-...
I worked for a company that used them for data entry. People would type on them for 8 hours a day for months at a time. Reliably. It was hard to wear one out.
Too bad Apple won't start with something smart like that and miniaturize it for laptop use.
Removing USB ports certainly didn't help. What's the point of a good battery life. If I've to carry connectors everywhere, I'm okay with carrying charger as well.
And yet even today in 2019 my coworker had to recompile and flash his thinkpad’s ACPI tables to get sleep mode working properly on Linux. His laptop kept waking up in his bag and running through its battery. That’s frustrating.
My experience has been basically flawless
I really wish that Apple would get their shit together.
IMHO, Dell XPS laptop looking more cheap. Not really for "professionals".
I have no reason to change it right now but my next laptop will probably be a ThinkPad. Why? Honestly I don't know but in every place I go (I'm a freelancer), I see ThinkPads everywhere.
Granted I know the XPS isn't for everyone, but as someone who likes portability I think they did a pretty good job on designing the machine. I love how small the 13 inch is. I found it a joy to work on before I opted instead for a MBP.
Few months later he had to get the Mainboard replaced because of charging issues.
Dell have terrible QA issues, I wouldn't buy one.
