I gave myself the new rMBP with the touchbar. I spent countless hours reading all the articles bashing Apple for it, and finally concluded that much of it boil

I gave myself the new rMBP with the touchbar. I spent countless hours reading all the articles bashing Apple for it, and finally concluded that much of it boiled down to the fact that it was an expensive machine for the specs it delivered. And that is undeniably true. But I stare at the darn thing virtually all hours I am working and a significant chunk of my leisure time as well. The reality is that for my actual computing, things like weight, battery life, how the keys feel, the screen, etc., matter far more in my enjoyment and utility of the computer, and on that measure Apple continues to knock it out of the park. I got my first MBP because of the retina screen, and soon thereafter realized I could never go back to using a device with a lower pixel density. I kinda feel the same with this machine when it comes to color: It is just stunning. Given how often I am looking at it, that dimension alone made this purchase worth it IMO. The Touchbar has in fact mostly been a gimmick, although pairing it with BetterTouchTool has actually been extremely powerful and I've come to use it more and more.