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IMHO this machine, as impressive it may seem, is more of an emotional purchase then anything else and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Well said! I'm a Windows person with a 2011 Sony Vaio Z -- unique in it's own right -- yet I really want the rMPB. Purely "want" not "need."
 
Nice attribution. You waited for three responses before giving Cult of Mac credit. Were I you, I would have given them credit immediately, particularly as it's a John Brownlee piece.
 
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