You listed several things you don't like about it, and then said all in all you like it. To me, that seems a tad incongruent. I'm not sure if you actually enjoy it or if you're conditioning yourself to justify its presence because you have one. Sounds like the moaning is justified.
How condescending. OP mentioned one thing that was an annoyance, and it sounds like it doesn't come close to overwhelming the things OP likes about it.
The totally irrational hate this MBP has received is really funny to me. It turns out nerds are super conservative. Change anything and they act like it's the end of the world.
And God forbid you should say you actually like the change and then you get people popping up telling you that you're wrong, you can't trust your own preferences, and you actually don't like it.
It's a slightly modified laptop with a few changes that most people don't care about or prefer. Get over it.
Indeed. Come to think of it, Apple could have perceived the whole thing as a change management scenario.
People are showing all the traits related to resistance to change. Seeing this whole thing through the ADKAR model, Apple misses the Awareness and Desire part by "surprising" current customers on the release happenings.
There seems to be an inherent problem with this way of rolling out changes that conflicts with taking care of existing customers. Perhaps treating current and potential customers differently would be an idea.
It's not perfect, but no MBP has ever been perfect. One thing about the Touch Bar annoys me from time to time. Otherwise, I love the computer and I'm both happy and feel thankful for having one.
It is clear that other people don't like it. I hope they are able to find machines that works better for them. I posted my original comment just to give a counterpoint from the perspective of somebody thrilled with the purchase.
