I'm sure there are a lot of folks on both sides, though, so I'll reserve judgement on whether removing F keys in favor of context-aware touch keys is a good ide

I'm sure there are a lot of folks on both sides, though, so I'll reserve judgement on whether removing F keys in favor of context-aware touch keys is a good idea or not. However, I do use them frequently every day, so I'm skeptical. A pricy laptop without F keys doesn't appear to be a 'Pro' offering to me.