As my new laptop after my older MBP Mid 2009 this is a huge improvement for me in terms of performance for sure. For a reason I didn't understand the new screen was somehome not comfortable for my eye and it toke some time to get used to it while it should be better than my old laptop. the issue I hated this laptop because of is that new touch bar. Beside it's 100% useless I accedentally touch esc and reload buttons allot which make mes me really angry espesially when I lose something I didn't save. I think I should have bought the cheaper one with regular keys.