Swami

I liked the idea of these when they were in the $599 to $799 range. $1,299 is a lot of coin for what it is. For just a little more money you could build yourself a 16-core monster with AMD's new Ryzen and have space to toss in a dedicated GPU at any given time to really rock and roll.

Yes, Apple has increased the price of everything they sell, significantly. I've started looking at PC laptops as I'm getting tired of Apple's crap where they seem to only care about making their laptops thinner, at the expense of super shitty keyboards, removal of all but a handful of USB-C ports, gimmicks like the Touch Bar, making machines nigh-impossible to upgrade yourself, and so forth.

I got one when they were in the $599 to $799 range. Until Apple makes the full leap to their custom ARM chips I can wait. Too pricey for the hardware given.