If you would talk about macbook air i could agree but in your case I also have 16" MBP and they are simply to heavy (2kg, almost as heavy as MBP 15" 2012 unibod

If you would talk about macbook air i could agree but in your case I also have 16" MBP and they are simply to heavy (2kg, almost as heavy as MBP 15" 2012 unibody) and risky (to drop and waste $3k) to hold it by corners