1st: Exchanged a 13" nTB for a 13" TB after 7 days of usage.
2nd: Exchanged 13" TB for 15" TB after 10 days usage.
And now I'm seriously contemplating exchanging my 15" MBP for another 13" TB MBP or even a Dell XPS 13.
With all my previous macs I was never this indecisive and previously never exchanged/returned one. But this time around I just can't figure out the ideal MBP. I much prefer the smaller footprint of the 13" while traveling but have also found the extra screen real estate useful on the 15", especially when working on large Excel documents.
However, I'm also realizing that I pretty much never utilize the discrete graphics on the 15". I'm also discovering that I'm almost always within 5-6.5GB RAM usage, making the 16GB in the 15" way overkill for me. So now I'm having buyers remorse, thinking that I shelled out an extra ~$700 over the 13" version for no reason, other than to have some extra screen space.
To make matters worse, while my wife was dress shopping today for an upcoming wedding, I spent about an hour in the Microsoft store testing out a Dell XPS 13 and getting the rundown from one of the sales reps. I haven't owned a Windows machine in about 12 years but I was actually very impressed with Windows 10 and felt that the XPS 13 was a fantastic machine. The worst part was that it was blatant just how much more snappy the XPS 13 was compared to all 3 of the 2016 MBP's I've now owned. It was quite disconcerting to discover this after having just dropped over $2,400 on the current 15" MBP. As much as I hate to admit it, today was an eye opener to me of just how far Windows has come. Add in the fact that for $1,400 I can get the Dell XPS 13 with the same specs as the mid-tear 13" MBP and I truly feel that my money is better spent on something other than an Apple machine for the first time in many years.
Needless to say, I'm all over the place.
I know. But this isn't the only Apple enthousiast forum. And i hear stuff like this worldwide.
The only way Apple will "hear" us, is by losing sales. If the new MBP is selling has well as they say it is (and not incurring high percentage of returns), this will validate their decisions. Its only when they're profits are impacted will Apple look to make changes. Even then, I'm not sure that will be enough, I think they've been so insular so long they may be out of touch with what people want.
Absolutely true... But what if the return rate is really low compared to total sales ?? What if all problems are manifesting in an initial bad production batch or something and (contrary to what appears to be the case here) not widespread at all ?
Is that the only issue, or are there other factors going into getting a return instead of an exchange?
Mine is a little loose as well, but the models I tried in the Apple Store were the same. I'm not really sure how to define "loose" in this case. I can just feel it move ever so slightly when I'm using Touch ID (not an actual press), but it doesn't really move much or to the point where it looks like something is wrong. I have to go near a different Apple store in a couple days, maybe I'll check theirs out.
SnOwarmy, I am in a very similar situation. Although I haven't bought a new MBP yet, I was planning on getting a 15" base model because I want the extra gigs and the more screen real estate. For the windows issue, yes windows 10 is hella a lot better than most windows os's butt, the nice thing about having a Mac and OS X is that you can dual boot with windows. You can't necessarily do that with a PC. I like OS X a lot more than Windows 10 but I do use Windows 10 at least once a day, either on my 2009 MBP or my customs built pc. Ya the xps's are nice but the trackpad isn't like the macs and he build quality isn't either. But I'm the other hand, it's way more cheaper and you can use it for a lot longer, the battery will lasts a lot longer that is. Haha hope this somewhat helped!1st: Exchanged a 13" nTB for a 13" TB after 7 days of usage.
2nd: Exchanged 13" TB for 15" TB after 10 days usage.
And now I'm seriously contemplating exchanging my 15" MBP for another 13" TB MBP or even a Dell XPS 13.
With all my previous macs I was never this indecisive and previously never exchanged/returned one. But this time around I just can't figure out the ideal MBP. I much prefer the smaller footprint of the 13" while traveling but have also found the extra screen real estate useful on the 15", especially when working on large Excel documents.
However, I'm also realizing that I pretty much never utilize the discrete graphics on the 15". I'm also discovering that I'm almost always within 5-6.5GB RAM usage, making the 16GB in the 15" way overkill for me. So now I'm having buyers remorse, thinking that I shelled out an extra ~$700 over the 13" version for no reason, other than to have some extra screen space.
To make matters worse, while my wife was dress shopping today for an upcoming wedding, I spent about an hour in the Microsoft store testing out a Dell XPS 13 and getting the rundown from one of the sales reps. I haven't owned a Windows machine in about 12 years but I was actually very impressed with Windows 10 and felt that the XPS 13 was a fantastic machine. The worst part was that it was blatant just how much more snappy the XPS 13 was compared to all 3 of the 2016 MBP's I've now owned. It was quite disconcerting to discover this after having just dropped over $2,400 on the current 15" MBP. As much as I hate to admit it, today was an eye opener to me of just how far Windows has come. Add in the fact that for $1,400 I can get the Dell XPS 13 with the same specs as the mid-tear 13" MBP and I truly feel that my money is better spent on something other than an Apple machine for the first time in many years.
Needless to say, I'm all over the place.
The sample size is wayyyyy too small to read anything into it. You can't even confidently say the rate of return is even half of that
Their approach (to which miniaturization and design is not a small part) has already been validated by their recent through-the-roof success, the success of the mac line compared to the rest of the industry in recent years and the increased sales of recent competitor laptops that adhere to these qualities (thin and luxurious). I, for one, am all for it.
