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Re:BeOS: The Alternate Universe's Mac OS X by OakNinja on Thursday January 09, 2020 @06:52PM (#22007157)
You don’t agree on the 16” being the spiritual successor of the mid 2015 15”?
Re:BeOS: The Alternate Universe's Mac OS X by eckza on Thursday January 09, 2020 @10:23PM (#22008083)
I feel like it's a huge step in the right direction, but for my own personal use:

- I still have mostly USB 2.0 peripherals. I don't see that changing anytime soon.

- I'm still hung up on the MagSafe adapter.

- I love the form factor. The 13" display is the perfect size, for me. I could've switched to a 15" 2015 rMBP with better specs, but I hated how big it was.

- I have no interest in using any version of macOS beyond 10.13, at present.

I'm really glad that they brought the Esc key back, especially as a pretty serious vim user. I don't know, maybe I'm stuck in the past. I'm certain that many, many people are really enjoying the new Macbook Pro 16; I just really, really like this laptop. It's the best computer I've ever owned.

Re:BeOS: The Alternate Universe's Mac OS X by gurkendoktor on Thursday January 09, 2020 @10:45PM (#22008162)
I'm in the same boat as the sibling poster (albeit with a 15" machine) and I'll add this:

- The TouchBar is terrible

I hope they'll bring back a non-TouchBar configuration when they release the "new" keyboard on a 13" MacBook Pro. I could live with both a 13" or 15" laptop, but right now the list of drawbacks is still 1-2 items too long.