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I'll present a contrary view: I love my new MacBook Pro. It's thinner and lighter than my last one; relevant to me because I travel extensively.

I find that the battery lasts longer than my last MacBook Pro as well.

I've seen the Surface Pro, and I find it intriguing, but can't really picture wanting to purchase or use one.

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Me too. I got a new 13" non-touchbar MBP pro after my previous 15" lasted seven years until Apple dropped support for it from the new OS. It still ran Xcode OK. Why would I not buy another? New MBP is great.

Got the non-touchbar model and it's by far the best machine I've ever used.

Agree. I went from an early 2011 15" MBP fully decked out with SSD, 16G mem, matte screen (which I loved.. but spilled beer on) to the 13" mbp touch and love everything about it.

I have a Surface Pro, an iPad Pro, and an original retina macbook (ordered the day they were announced). If I had to pick one, I'd pick the macbook. If I could pick two, I'd pick the macbook and the iPad. The one thing I really like about the Surface is the handwriting keyboard. I just wish the word recognition was better. It mainly sits on my desk at home charging though.

I too actually switched back to my macbook but mine is a mid-2012 model, which is still kicking. My wife got the touchbar macbook and she loves it too.

My main issue with Surface Pro is the keyboard.

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