Just for the record, retraining your muscle memory is good for your hands. (Disclaimer: I have the same rMBP-touchbar, for about a week now, and I love it. Remapped CAPSLOCK and not looking back...)
You could always get one of the new MBPs without the Touch Bar. I think I agree with you, though. I also touch-type, use vim, and the Touch Bar breaks my flow.
Agreed. It's really disappointing they didn't simply offer the TB as an option on the 15".
This Touch Bar is the worlds worst idea. I literally now have to look at the keyboard to type again, like I'm 10 years old. I haven't looked at a keyboard in decades. The machine is going back this week. What a disaster.
And, don't tell me to learn to use Caps Lock for ESC or to type control-[. I've been using VI since 1988, I'm not about to retrain that length of muscle memory.