Q) what's worse than compromise-ridden, consumer-hostile design (reflective screens, no splash guards, fixed batteries, non-upgradable drives and RAM, etc. etc.

Q) what's worse than compromise-ridden, consumer-hostile design (reflective screens, no splash guards, fixed batteries, non-upgradable drives and RAM, etc. etc.?). A) third-party clones of same ... assuming that it is, as you say, basically a Macbook.