I have the exact opposite experience so far. By all means, this is a professional laptop in my opinion.
To expand a bit:
- I love the keyboard, best I've seen on a laptop (I'm a 80+ WPM typist)
- I don't have issues with the touchbar, getting used to quickly manage apps like spotify.
- My default editor is vim and don't have issues with escape
- Trackpad is the best I've seen on a laptop
- The machine is fast
- The screen is amazing
- Battery life is decent
ps. On the other side, I don't have experience working on a high-end XPS/Thinkpad, but the main reason to buy is the OS. My workflow and tools are tailored around the mac. It's not that I can't find my way through Linux or even a BSD Laptop running i3. It's that I don't want to.
To expand a bit:
- I love the keyboard, best I've seen on a laptop (I'm a 80+ WPM typist)
- I don't have issues with the touchbar, getting used to quickly manage apps like spotify.
- My default editor is vim and don't have issues with escape
- Trackpad is the best I've seen on a laptop
- The machine is fast
- The screen is amazing
- Battery life is decent
ps. On the other side, I don't have experience working on a high-end XPS/Thinkpad, but the main reason to buy is the OS. My workflow and tools are tailored around the mac. It's not that I can't find my way through Linux or even a BSD Laptop running i3. It's that I don't want to.