Different people have different needs. This laptop despite its minor flaws was in the end the best option for his particular needs

...or as a HN user said a while back:

    tuananh 42 days ago | parent [-] | on: Why the MacBook Pro Is Limited to 16GB of RAM
    
    all of this largely depends on personal preference.
    
    to me, i value battery so much more.

:)

maybe it's just me.

it seems when people recommends stuff that has many flaws like this, it seems they set the standard pretty low and i find it hard to take the recommendation.

Please let me know which part of the post was misleading. All major problems, I was able to fix. And the other stuff I can easily live with.