No.

If I spend thousands of dollars on something it had better be built to last. It's not an Italian motorcycle. It's supposed to be a high quality tool. I pay those prices because I am serious about what I do and need the best tools to get me there. That was what Apple used to bring to the table and was why I would pay those prices. I have a 2013 MBP that I paid an arm and a leg for at the time it came out. Its still a great machine and I have no complaints. I plan to hang onto it for as long as I can.

Contrast that with my wife. She has the latest gen mbp and her keyboard stopped working today. Keep in mind that this is the one that apple sent us as a replacement for the first one she bought which also had keyboard problems. We had to bring in 4 times to the genius bar and leave for weeks at a time before finally putting our foot down. These machines are lemons.

I don't spend money on this stuff for status or bragging rights. I have shit to do and I will spend what I have to spend to not have my tools hinder me. I don't trust apple to deliver that anymore which sucks because I have invested a lot in their ecosystem.

PS. my wife is selling that POS computer and buying an X1 Carbon. I will be too when the time comes. Apple has squandered a decade of goodwill with this shit and I am now actively working at getting out of their ecosystem.