I can't believe I waited this long to make the switch from a windows machine to a MacBook.  I've been a photographer for weddings/senior portraits for over 10 years, and I should have bought one of these 10 years ago!The screen is AMAZING.  6 out of 5 stars!!  The colors of the display, the crispness.... it's just flat out spectacular.  If you're considering this as a change/upgrade from any other type of display, do it!!!  This is a great laptop for photographers and the main reason I bought it.  Again, I've been a windows user forever, and I didn't want to stray from that because I've always been mostly happy.  My other laptop (Acer Nitro 17") has been great and was used flawlessly for 6 years for my photo editing, but when I got this in my hands, I couldn't believe how much better it looked for photo editing.  Not to mention some of the other things I was missing out on.... like the bluetooth connection to my iPhone.  So now when I'm editing photos, I can get messages and reply on a full keyboard with the messages app on the computer.I will be honest, I am not a super-user, 90% of my time on the MacBook is in Photoshop.  I still use the windows machine for other activities, and I'm slowly making the transition to the MacBook.  I would have to say that there are adjustments, like not having an optical drive, and having to order USB-C connections for external monitors, and no card reader on the laptop, but those are minor and I knew this would be an issue in making the switch so I won't be negative about that in this review.Battery life is great.  I get about 6 solid hours with Pandora on and heavy edits in Photoshop.  I haven't really gone longer than that, but it seems to hold up well.  I love the design, the keyboard is sweet, the power block is not the best being as large as it is, but I just keep it plugged in under my desk and really don't use it around the house since the battery life is quite good.I really cant say a lot about technical specs versus cost, I'm sure that's been covered in other reviews.  I can only sing praises to this because of the display and battery life so far.  If you're a photographer (or do any other sort of graphic design or image editing) this is a must have.  I really can't believe I lived this long without one.