Great keyboard, dependable battery, Magsafe, ESC and other goodies :)
And I couldn't be happier - no crappy keyboard, no donglemagendon and other crap :)
I tried the new ones, Windows 10 tablet hybrids, iPad, iPad Pro, and Android tablets. I settled on an iPad with a Bluetooth keyboard and LTE - I wouldn’t have been able to do that had I not discovered Blink Terminal (an iOS MOSH/SSH client) and do most of my “real” work in the shell. Otherwise, I’d probably have ended up with an X1 Carbon running ArchLinux. I may still end up with a Carbon, but so far I’ve not been able to rationalize the expense.
I just bought a new 2015 rMBP (2.2 GHZ, 16GB, 256) for $1750 off Ebay in order to avoid the issues everyone else is having.
Yesterday it was on sale for about $1500 at BestBuy...doh
One man's trash ^_^
I had it listed on Facebook for two weeks at $1200 with no offers. I live in a fairly poor area though, so I ended up driving to the nearest city to deliver it too.
FWIW, it was the exact specs you listed. Here's the label from the box: https://photos.app.goo.gl/W2q9qrUQXtAxRuOp2
2.9Ghz, 8GB, 512SSD for $1100
I think i got a very good deal, I am hoping Apple would understand their mistake and at least make something decent by 2019.