Ask HN: What's wrong with the new MacBooks?

They lack ports, everything needs an adapter, internals are locked tight, the weird touch bar is a waste of money and battery life, hate the trackpad, the keyboard is horseshit and suffers from thermal throttling. (Also I hate the fact that they don't have the light up logo on the back anymore)

Other than that though, the screen is pretty good, the OS "just werks" and sound isn't too bad either. Battery holds up pretty well, the build quality holds up pretty well too.

I am probably the most bullish person I know about them. I love the convenience of USB-C, they run cooler than any other model I've owned, great screen and trackpad, etc.. but.. it's the keyboard. I find it fine to type on but I have to lever up keys and blast with air very frequently. It feels so fragile.

My one complaint:

The keyboard is just too delicate. I’ve owned a 2016 MBP without touchbar since January of 2017 and I’ve had 5 keys get faulty on me. Previously I’ve owned one MBA and one rMBP (2012 design) and never had issues with the keyboards on those.

Touch bar (or rather, lack of physical function keys). Dongles. No 32GB option.

glitchy, especially when power is low

touch bar is useless and gets in the way

individual keys can go out

touch bar Contrast and Volume require more keypresses than dedicated key versions

escape key is in different position than dedicated key version