I have them all.. Surface - not worth it quality is terrible - expect to be without your machine often. Whole office had them - now all gone as they do not last. ThinkPad X1's - current generation have TB3 issues - and heating issues.
I have just jumped after 7 year break back to a 16" MBP - and while the quality is not super - TB3 actually works vs. my Thinkpad P1 Xeon 64GB.
I don't really care if I run MacOS or Win10.
So my normal setup running same programs - with 2 big (49+38 inch) screens - where some programs are now running in Parallels 15 with Win10 - on the TP P1 it would consume 12-15% CPU with noisy fans.
On the MBP 16" - running same programs - its running at a cool 5-6% CPU with no fan (and still with parallels/windows running a demanding program) - I can even play a video and CPU usage hardly move.
And what surprised me even more was my external TB3 QNAP 10GBe network adaptor runs a lot more silent than it does when connected to my ThinkPad P1. On the P1 noise is infuriating. On the MBP it is still noisy but a lot less.
I have been trying for more than a year to get Lenovo to fix the TB3 issues - but no response. Lenovo is turning into ACER.
I know MBP's are sensitive beasts. I do not care for the Touch Bar at all. Mainboard design is rubbish. No protection against liquid damage. I'm on Louis Rossmann's side about MBP quality.
But at the moment it works better than any of my ThinkPads (P1 & P52 - which both have huge TB3 and USB3 issues)
Reasonable answer. Thanks man.
I do not really need TB3. Those devices are too expensive. I have slowly started migrating towards USB-C from USB-A.
I have tried MBP 15 from 2018 for couple of months but It is not great. I did not like the keyboard + I hated touchbar. I mean, I would force those guys who invented it to use the laptop keyboard like everyday.
The idea is great but I hate that there is NO PREVENTION FOR UNINTENDED TOUCHES!
How could this come through QA is beyond me.
Jobs would have fired those guys who would come with the idea without UNINTENDED Touches prevention.
Jeez, even Elon Musk would do that + then he would concentrate on fixing the problem.
(he fired the guy who overdesigned the Tesla 3 Chassis (It is too heavy))
Yeah, one can buy BetterTouchTool to disable the feature but seriously, do you expect me to pay almost $3K for a machine like that...
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I remember when I bought my first Macbook Pro. Jeez, I was just a kid in my first job saving cash for several months.
How did we end up here? Unrealiable keyboards, no Magsafe, Bad Power Management, Problems with Screens, same iPhones year after year.
