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Better options right now:
- Lenovo X1 Carbon 6th gen
- Huawei Matebook X Pro
The latter one is a bargain at $1500 for an intel i7, Nvidia MX150 GPU, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD
If you often do presentations the HDMI port is going to be very useful. If you take a lot of photos, the SD card slot is a huge time saver (compared to downloading via USB, depending on camera model).
But if you only need those ports at your desk, a docking station is a fine solution. There are TB 3 docks available now that have all the ports and can charge 2017 Macbook all over a single cable, which is pretty awesome. They cost around 250€.
Sure, the 2017 model might have keyboard issues, but my 2015 model has the problem with the screen coating, and it doesn‘t connect to some Wifi hotspots, so it‘s not like it is a perfect machine either.
In my opinion, it mostly comes down to whether you can live with the lack of ports. If you often do presentations the HDMI port is going to be very useful. If you take a lot of photos, the SD card slot is a huge time saver (compared to downloading via USB, depending on camera model). But if you only need those ports at your desk, a docking station is a fine solution. There are TB 3 docks available now that have all t…
No, you shouldn't have to buy hardware that's 3 generations behind to get a reliable laptop from Apple. Don't encourage that behaviour. Better options right now: - Lenovo X1 Carbon 6th gen - Huawei Matebook X Pro The latter one is a bargain at $1500 for an intel i7, Nvidia MX150 GPU, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD
In my opinion, it mostly comes down to whether you can live with the lack of ports. If you often do presentations the HDMI port is going to be very useful. If you take a lot of photos, the SD card slot is a huge time saver (compared to downloading via USB, depending on camera model). But if you only need those ports at your desk, a docking station is a fine solution. There are TB 3 docks available now that have all t…
At least the issue with the coating is fixed for free, no questions asked, even after regular warranty expired. On the other hand, there have been several reports of butterfly keyboard replacements not being covered half a year into warranty.
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and what is your use case ( development ? iOS development ? anything else ? ) for this machine ?
1. iOS development, Using Unity for games Development, (edit: Mac app development)
2. 1 VM with Windows
3. 1 VM with Linux
edit: also when travelling, to use this for all work demos