Good question, one I am still considering, but here is the thing...I like the TB and once I get into that price range I just think it make sense to stay with it and order one of those. Only real thing I am giving up is an hour or 2 of battery life, which may potentially be something Apple needs to address. But I don't completely disagree with you, it would just be a matter of me getting over the fact I like the TB.
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Possibly...My approach to buying Apple computers has always been to try and find the sweet spot in the line up to get me a solid 5-7 (or more) years out of it. Problem is their new MBP line up is so screwy it's proving difficult to do. Got 11 years out of my 13 inch white MB-last year or two were tough with it though. So my thought is to just buy up and spend more and the machine will last longer. Maybe I need to revisit that since as Matt says we've hit some sort of peak in some ways. I had the 15 and it doesn't work for me, too big, and quite honestly the battery only lasted 7 hours on that machine I had.
I am still figuring it all out and the non TB is not out of the question but in terms of what started this debate, the "functionality" of the TB (especially Touch ID) is very cool to me and I like it overall. Do I think it's a need, no not at all. It's just tech bling that is fun and useful to me.
