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half a centimeter thicker? .04 pounds heavier? how did people even use machines that heavy and thick? did they come with medical insurance to help with the back strain?!

/s from an annoyed-with-the-touchbar-mbp-users

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I became one of those eBay Thinkpad + Linux guys purely to build bigger arms.

to be fair, its like 3 pounds lighter - and doesnt need to be

I think that's about the weight of a typical american soft drink. Surely even the least fit among us can cope with such a hardship.

I carry a 1.1kg Dell XPS in my bag, if I went up to 2 or 2.5kg my wheelchair would be a bit more unbalanced and more difficult to push uphill. The soft drink fits in my cupholder.

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