I am coming from the Macbook Air 2015 and upgraded to the Macbook Pro 13. I needed more power and that is what the Macbook Pro will deliver, but where the old Air was an absolute joy to work with, the Pro is a mixed bag full of compromises. Apple improved the performance, the screen, and you get more RAM, but they failed to deliver on several other features.The 2 biggest shortcommings: the inferior KEYBOARD and awkward TOUCHBAR.If you think about it - this one does not make sense. Apple still provides the old keyboard and no touch bar option on lower end devices, but not for their high-end devices. Despite all the negative reviews and technical difficulties Apple seems to be stuck in their ways. Just be aware that if you are not one of the few that really likes the new keyboard you will be bitterly reminded of it shortcomings every day.There is one more trend from Apple that you need to know about. You need to be aware of the upgradability, or the the lack thereof. Why? Because, everything is soldered onto the motherboard. Even the SSD hard drive is soldered on. That means that there is often no way to recover your otherwise perfectly healthy data when some other component fails.That said, I like the Mac OS and how thoughtfully it integrates with their hardware.