I feel it was still a relevant reply, the parent comment had told one reason for buying the MBPs, which I had earlier personally (clearly noted) found to be not

I feel it was still a relevant reply, the parent comment had told one reason for buying the MBPs, which I had earlier personally (clearly noted) found to be not just "one corner case" but a very frequent reason for buying them. I was just telling the other person that one reason he bought it for might work the exact opposite on people like me (which I don't know are in majority or minority). Also, the smiley at the end indicated that I was saying the Thinkpad thing just in a lighter note, not as a serious fact (I have none of the two, if it helps). To be fair to the commenting system, we generally don't downvote comments just because we don't agree with them. We downvote them if they don't add to the general discussion. I think mine did add to what the immediate parent was discussing. Of course, you have the right to disagree to that, in which case you'd have downvoted it for the 'right reasons' :).