I’m deeply suspicious of anywhere trying to cross-sell me VPNs. The commentary around “traditional” efficiency with trackpads - after using the latest Apple tr

I’m deeply suspicious of anywhere trying to cross-sell me VPNs. The commentary around “traditional” efficiency with trackpads - after using the latest Apple trackpads everything else is awful. I have no good memories of trackpads of day of yore either. The MacBook trackpad is better without physical buttons. The haptics are so good I can’t tell it’s not physical, and it’s one fewer physical thing to break. “SSD is a new tech”? Really? Coupled with actual spinning drives as options, which are awful in laptops given they’re moving parts. I wish I could opt out of the power adaptor. I have a 150W GAN power brick on my desk and in my bag that can charge my iPad Pro, MacBook Pro, Carbon X1, etc all without fuss. Apple Watch, iPhone too with the right cables. Everything USB-C all the time, please. Not some power brick from the 90s with a barrel. No Bluetooth just seems like a weird choice. Awful screen. A webcam cover gets a bullet? Those are 5 for $10 on Amazon. Seems a weird thing to call out and focus on. I can’t remember the last time I used or burnt a CD or DVD. USB drives are so much more flexible with vastly higher capacities and speeds. This whole laptop reads as “the laptop you wanted in the 90s, here today in 2023”.