MacBook Pro? No
I have the exact opposite experience so far. By all means, this is a <i>professional</i> laptop in my opinion.<p>To expand a bit:<p>- I love the keyboard, best I've seen on a laptop (I'm a 80+ WPM typist)<p>- I don't have issues with the touchbar, getting used to quickly manage apps like spotify.<p>- My default editor is vim and don't have issues with escape<p>- Trackpad is the best I've seen on a laptop<p>- The machine is fast<p>- The screen is amazing<p>- Battery life is decent<p>ps. On the other side, I don't have experience working on a high-end XPS/Thinkpad, but the main reason to buy is the OS. My workflow and tools are tailored around the mac. It's not that I can't find my way through Linux or even a BSD Laptop running i3. It's that I don't want to.