My reason is simple: I want a desktop and a laptop capable of running graphics-intensive games. I play games with my expensive computer. So sue me. The previou

My reason is simple: I want a desktop and a laptop capable of running graphics-intensive games. I play games with my expensive computer. So sue me. The previous batches of MacBook Pros were capable of running games. The current batch is not: they are not designed for sustained use of the GPU. This is especially damning when new number-crunching programming techniques are starting to make more use of the GPU, and Apple has an entire API dedicated to compute distribution. There are two ideal MacBooks for me: an 11" MBA with SD card built in for my photography bag, and a 15" MBP with more than enough speed in processor, GPU and memory to run 3D intensive games. I don't care about battery life during maximum load, since for the heavy compute I'm most likely going to be plugged in anyway. The rest of the time it would be nice if I could spend a weekend web browsing, checking maps, writing Arduino code, etc, without having to be connected to a wall. Then I can come back home, plug into my TB3 dock with monitor, Ethernet, scanner, etc attached, and continue working as if on a "desktop" computer. The only things keeping me on OS X in any way, shape or form are: effort free backup with Time Machine, Alfred, Finder "tags", Spotlight, ScanSnap (for scanning documents, then OCR to PDF), Hazel, and a significant investment in movies and TV shows that were only available from DRM encumbered sources.