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The reviewer complains about battery life but is using Chrome which is a known battery hog. I use Safari instead of Chrome for precisely this reason.

Regarding battery life, there are comments in macrumors forums from real users.

He also complains about dongles. I use my laptop with iPhone (sometimes) and with USB drives. Hardly an issue.

I'm a current 15" rMBP 2015 owner.

I tried the different models in the store. For those "on the go" the 13" is a nice "Air" replacement. I'm not certain I'd go with the touch bar version.

It is reasonable to keep up-to-date with Mac hardware if you use computers a lot. If things go wrong, it is far easier to take the laptop to the Genius Bar than options for other laptops.

EDIT: Comments on macforums claims 10+ hours.

http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/mbp-13-tb-with-2-50-batt...

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> It is reasonable to keep up-to-date with Mac hardware if you use computers a lot. If things go wrong, it is far easier to take the laptop to the Genius Bar than options for other laptops.

To be honest, the best service I so far was with my Lenovo machines.. Next-(work-)day technician on site, whether I'm at a customer or at home.

Now with my MacBook Pro with Apple Care they have to send it in to replace the screen.. (According to the Apple Store personell here at least)

Only if you have the right warrenty. But when you do, they take care of you. I had a defective touchpad, but it was usable with a mouse. The technician arrived at my work, and while I was in a meeting, he switched it. Done. My coworker had his screen replaced the same way. The cost of not having a machine for even just a week, means it makes more business sense to simply buy a new machine, so this next-day onsite warrenty, is worth every penny unless you have a lot of machines and can realistically buy more machines as spares and come out ahead.

I had Thinkpads until 2011. For hardware repairs I couldn't do myself there was an authorized dealer not far from work who would order the replacement parts (e.g., motherboard) and I'd bring it in for quick repair.

With Apple for a major repair, I dropped it off at my nearby Apple Store on a Monday and had it mid-day on Wednesday.

Not all people live near an Apple Store, and even if you did, with a minimum 3 days wait without PC, it is most likely worth buying another PC.

Many people have backup laptops and in my case most recent model.

> I use Safari instead of Chrome for precisely this reason.

He mentions this:

"Swapping Chrome out for Safari increased battery life for some sites, but I noticed others really chewed through battery, meaning it came out about even."

He did say it came to about even between Chrome and Safari. Maybe Chrome upped their game and is better at the battery usage, or did the new MbP optimize for it?

The Chrome team is always working on power improvements. Recent example: https://blog.google/products/chrome/chrome-faster-and-more-b...

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