Yup, you nailed in. I think I can get used to the new keyboard (despite the messed up arrow keys and lack of travel), but the touch bar just kills the purchase for me.

I thought about making a hackintosh laptop, but it doesn't seem like there are super reliable options out there. Guess I'll have to bite the bullet and make my next laptop a Linux one (despite the pain that tweaking the OS or even installing some software can be).