MBA, It's ok, but would not call amazing. I like the keyboard and trackpad, but screen is just ok. Seems like dynamic range is extremely low.
OS X memory management has got to be the biggest joke in the world. I don't know why more people don't complain about this, or why Apple ignores it.
Even with 16GB it's very frequently using swap when just web browsing, listening to music, etc.
Quit a program? No it does not release the all the memory. So what happens when you open and quit a bunch of programs? Memory used just keeps adding up.
I have 3.3GB left out of 16 with just this website open. All other apps quit.
This just shows how poorly OS X handles programs.
Want Bridge and Photoshop open? All 16GB used even just browsing and opening 1 image at a time.
It may be fast in some benchmarks, but it is not fast at loading anything or in general usage. Even my 3 year old Surface laptop feels snappier than this thing.
7 seconds to load Outlook? WTF?
6 seconds to load Word?
4 seconds to load Chrome?
5 seconds to load Spotify?
Sure I can instantly load Safari, but there is no good blocker available like ublock origin for chromium web browsers.
And if you ever look at activity monitor, Safari just keeps caching, and caching, and eventually running out of memory again and relying on swap.
Maybe this is faster for Mac users, but coming from a Windows laptop, this thing feels dog slow.
I see why the red button doesn't quit a program. Apple wants you to think that when you bring the program back up it's launching really fast, when in all actuality it was just sitting there in background using up precious memory and relying on your hard drive for swapping.
Very bad compatibility with external monitors. 11.3 update helped, but come on. Billion dollar company doesn't test their product against most popular monitors on market?
Frequent kernel panics with TB 3 and 4 docks.
Mouse input is another joke. I can't believe Mac users put up with how Apple controls this. I see why so many 3rd party apps are available.
Windows management is horrendous. Again, why so many 3rd party apps available.
Does OS X know how to uninstall a program. Nope. You again have to rely on 3rd party programs.