I used to strongly feel this way, but the 2016 MacBook was such an unmitigated input disaster that I switched to a ThinkPad. The function key Touch Bar died on mine twice in a year, and was never a desirable feature. And the keyboard was sticking and broken literally brand new out of the box. I had it all replaced by Apple, and within days the same problems came back. I simply can't use a new MacBook.

For non-physical features, I don't really notice any difference, since a full-screen terminal SSH client and Chrome window are the only things I ever run.