What “Touch Bar madness?” They put a Touch Bar. So what? Some of us actually love it. Some of us even use Vim and love it. Calling it “madness” is a bit hyperbolic. You certainly don’t have to like it, but people are acting like they removed the space bar.
One benefit of their “lame” repair policy is that it protects resell values because you can generally be assured some back-alley repair shop didn’t use an inferior part or fix something with shoddy workmarkship. With three year AppleCare and good resell values, Macs are great values. Ever tried to sell a 5 year old Dell? Pretty much paperweights after a few years in terms of resell value.
One benefit of their “lame” repair policy is that it protects resell values because you can generally be assured some back-alley repair shop didn’t use an inferior part or fix something with shoddy workmarkship. With three year AppleCare and good resell values, Macs are great values. Ever tried to sell a 5 year old Dell? Pretty much paperweights after a few years in terms of resell value.