Comment by biehl | Hacker News Reader

Comment by biehl | Hacker News Reader

I think of myself as a pretty regular software developer, and the new MBP sounds like it matches my priorities pretty well.

    # Thinner and lighter
    # Good specs
    # Able to drive 5K monitors (QHD retina)
    # Touch ID
    # I love a large track-pad

Also I don't seem hit by the claimed negatives.

    # I don't realistically use more than 16GB RAM in daily work
    # I don't use function keys
    # I don't use VI :). I do use ESC for modals though.

The price is a bit high, but I can wait a refresh-cycle for lower prices.

Also in the plus column is the significantly faster NVMe SSD. I suspect that a good portion of the people who use esc already have it mapped to another key like capslock using Karabiner.

I think the conversation about this model being flawed would be entirely changed if the iPhone 8 had dropped Lightning for a USB C connector. USB C/Thunderbolt ports on the new MacBook Pro are a huge step in the goal of getting away from the endless collection of adapters with an unpleasant transition. For example I haven't had a laptop charger in the car for 10 years, but now the USB phone charger will give it at least a slow charge.

Does your debugger not use the f keys for step\into\out of?

Possibly. I don't really use debuggers often enough to use keys ...

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