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> 2019 MacBook Pro 15 with touchbar [...] which is awful and amazing at the same time. I wouldn't spend my own money on it though.

What's the awful part, and is price the main objection?

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Price is not objection, but could be always cheaper, right? ;). Awful parts are: - fans are very loud under CPU load, - keyboard heats up very fast, - touchbar freezes sometimes, because it's controlled by main CPU I guess, that's not acceptable as an input device, - no esc key (I know it is solved in lastes MacBook 16), - key travel is too small (again, solved in MacBook 16).

I sometimes forget how much of a pain these things are as I've gotten so used to how bad they are. The two that stick out every time it happens which is too often for me:

- fans are very loud under CPU load (or any GPU usage)

- touchbar freezes sometimes--more specifically for me using an external display disconnect/suspend/wake makes the screen black and dimmer buttons useless

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