- no 32gb RAM. Name one laptop (a laptop, not a battleship) that has 32gb. Dell and Lenovo have a couple monstrosities with trackpads from the 90s with that amount of RAM.
- no ESC key. C'mon, obviously the toolbar has it when running macvim or iTerm (or some other terminal) with vim.
- no Intel something, no Nvidia this and that. So? With regards to GPU and CPU this is probably the best laptop in the market that is this thin and light.
- 10h battery life. MBP already has the biggest battery that is allowed in airplanes. Nobody can do better with same amount of computing power.
- USB-C. In a way this is valid, however, the world is better off with less connectors (it's Apple, everyone's gonna follow suit). For MagSafe, look at something like ZapTip.
To people saying they are abandoning Apple after a decade of use: why?
- still the best keyboard and trackpad BY FAR in the market
- still the best build quality, design and dimensions in the market
- excellent display
- excellent software
- an actual laptop that you want to carry around instead of a Dell/Lenovo plastic monster battleship
I think other people already did the comparison against Microsoft. Surface Books are much more expensive ($/performance) with only the touch screen going for them.