I purchased this laptop after months of researching a replacement for my 2011 13" MacBook Pro. Having used it daily for almost 10 years, it became apparent that I needed a replacement. Because I never had any issues with it and it held up beautifully after so long, I wanted to invest in another MBP that would give me just as many years.The display is beautiful - one of my favorite features. The speakers sound incredible, especially playing music or sounds with bass. It's much faster and doesn't heat up like my old one did running basic apps like Outlook, Teams, Word, Chrome, etc. The battery is also satisfactory to my expectations.The touchbar is gimicky - I wish I purchased a model without it. To me, it's one too many steps to adjust the brightness or volume. Also, the laptop is almost too thin for my liking. I liked that my older model, while thin, still had some structure to it. I may simply need more time to adjust, but after three months, I still feel like it wouldn't survive a small accident. I purchased dongles separately to allow for USB compatibility; to me it's not a big deal having to use them. I do miss the different ports (SD card slot, ethernet, etc.) that were ready-to-use, no dongles required. Forget gaming - I ran a few games on Steam with disappointing results even after tweaking graphics. It became incredibly hot to the point I became concerned and ceased trying.Also, don't expect to upgrade your own parts. You get what you purchase - memory and storage are soldered in permanently. I think that will be a shortfall for me in the next 5 years when I want to upgrade some parts like I could easily do with my 2011 model as needed.Overall, these are expensive machines BUT pay off in the long run if you take care of it. I remember painfully shelling out the money 10 years ago for my first MBP, but I had no regrets. So far, none on this purchase either unless the inability to upgrade parts proves to be an issue down the road.