I too, would like a good answer to this. My gut says that (other than VMWare) the Macbook would be fine. You'd probably get a bit better battery life and perf

I too, would like a good answer to this. My gut says that (other than VMWare) the Macbook would be fine. You'd probably get a bit better battery life and performance out of the non-y chips, but IMO, nothing significant. I see a KabyLake Macbook in my near future.