the tech forums are really funny to me. they don't get that there's a huge market for this.
i'm upgrading from a rev. C MBA, so performance is obviously a boost with, well, anything.
i'm not particularly interested in windows machines (including the surface pro 3) given my general investment in the apple ecosystem - my wife and i have iPhones and iPads, we use iCloud, i use iTunes Match, and we have an apple TV.
i use my laptop primarily to run vmware client to VPN for work. for work, i use exclusively word, outlook, and an internet browser. at home, i generally only browse the internet. there are scenarios in which i prefer to use a computer to an iPad - creating spreadsheets (Excel or Google Sheets) is a PITA on an iPad, needing to use several tabs in an internet browser at the same time, etc. i'm not entirely convinced i'd have a laptop if not for the business need, but i may.
what do i need extra ports for? i bought the macbook air 1st generation amid the same hate that the rMB is getting. i was even so startled by the hate that i bought the SuperDrive, because how could i ever live without an optical drive?! it's been used exactly once. yes, i get that my iPhone/iPad can't connect to the rMB without an adapter. that'd be really tragic if i hadn't been syncing wirelessly for a long time. i haven't used USB drives at home for a while - i suppose i did when i traveled for business and would need an adapter for those. but that's a few times in the past four years.
i see the hate, i see everyone thinking i should buy the rMBP instead, but why? i like that it's smaller and lighter. i like that it's easier to travel with. i get that it's not that big of a difference in weight/size, but what am i getting to offset it? performance that i may not even notice and features i won't use?
