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A comment on Ask HN: Would You Upgrade to the New MacBook Pro?.

Re:Ask HN: Would You Upgrade to the New MacBook Pro? by cauterized on Friday October 28, 2016 @08:58AM (#12815259)
No. Not even if I were in the market for an upgrade.

I like physical keys, tyvm, and don't see the touch bar making any significant improvement in my workflow. Vim without a physical escape key sounds like hell.

Even if I did like it, it's always wise to wait for revision 2 of any new Apple hardware. First revisions are known for being overpriced, under-featured, and buggy.

Plus, my next laptop will have 32GB RAM.

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Re:Ask HN: Would You Upgrade to the New MacBook Pro? by oscargeorge on Friday October 28, 2016 @09:38AM (#12815636)
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Avoid_the_escape_key
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Re:Ask HN: Would You Upgrade to the New MacBook Pro? by cauterized on Friday October 28, 2016 @10:49AM (#12816424)
That requires remapping (which I can't do on every machine I have access to) and retraining a decade's worth of muscle memory.

And I like physical function keys for other purposes too.

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