As a long time Mac user, I still feel like many in this thread that the pinnacle of the MBP was the 2012->2015 rMBP models. MagSafe for charging isn't without

As a long time Mac user, I still feel like many in this thread that the pinnacle of the MBP was the 2012->2015 rMBP models. MagSafe for charging isn't without it's issues (cable fraying in particular) but it's incredibly convenient and a real nice anti-damage feature. The lack of other ports on the 2016+ model infuriates me. Virtually nothing I use is USB-C or thunderbolt 3. There's still no real ethernet adapter like there was for Thunderbolt 2. Literally every device I have has to connect via an adapter. The 2012 model did this far better - useful USB ports, a SD slot, miniDP/thunderbolt and HDMI. Yes I had to use a Thunderbolt 2 -> ethernet adapter, but that was only one. It's tolerable. Especially considering the form-factor it made possible. The new keyboard is atrocious. It hurts my fingers to type on for more than a few minutes at a time, and it's far too fragile. A quick straw poll of my co-workers at work gave ~20% of them saying they have currently or have had a bad key on a 2016 model. That's just unacceptably bad. Trackpad on the 15" is just too large. It's not terrible on the 13" but on the 15" it's just too big and accidental input is a big big big issue. I basically never ever use the touchbar ;) It's just an annoying extra cost. My personal laptop is still a 2012 rMBP that I spent far too much on when it was new - but it's lasted and is still lasting (but it needs a new battery now) - 16G of RAM and a 512G SSD is still a reasonable laptop for most development work. I'm seriously considering just getting the battery replaced rather than buying a new one. That's how much of a downer the new 2016+ models are to me. edit: I've considered Linux laptops over and over... what keeps putting me off there is that Linux is still clunky. Want to have a high DPI monitor? all of your monitors need to be high DPI or you have to do scaling tricks that make text look awful. Want compositing? Cross your fingers and hope it doesn't crash! I see this regularly on Intel, NVIDIA and AMD hardware. Want reliable suspend/resume? Go hunting through obscure ACPI issues with the vague hope it'll work some day. And the biggest issue - touchpads still suck on Linux. Dell make some nice hardware in the XPSes but the software integration is poor.