Apple 15.4" MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (Late 2016, Silver)

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I have been an 11" MacBook Air user for the past 6 years, and have been extremely happy with the design. I moved up to the 15" MacBook Pro because I have started 3D game development in Unity, and need the higher resolution screen, as well as the discrete GPU and the extra two CPU cores for our game's CPU-heavy physics simulation.

In every way except for the CPU, GPU, and the big screen, the 15" MacBook Pro is a step backward from the 11" MacBook Air:

1. The keyboard travel is too short. The keys are frustrating to press.
2. The Touch Bar is worse than useless. I never intentionally use it because there is no tactical feedback. Worse, I find myself accidentally tapping the invisible "buttons" on the touch bar that perform unexpected actions, like hitting the "back" button in Chrome, losing my place on a webpage, or hitting the "Siri" button, forcing Siri to pop up when I don't want it.
3. The Force Touch trackpad is carpal tunnel-inducing. I really struggle with it. As someone who regularly spends 16 hours a day on my laptop, I the lack of physical depression means I push harder to achieve the effect, causing strain on the muscles and tendons along the back of my hands. I now use a mouse, which takes up significantly more desk space. I never had a problem with the trackpad on the 11" MacBook Air after 16 hours of use.
4. The lack of real ports means that I am forced to carry and attach things to the side of my computer in order to hook up a (mandatory because of #3 above) external mouse, an SD card, and a USB drive.
5. I had to purchase an aftermarket equivalent to MagSafe. MagSafe has saved my 11" MacBook Air on countless occasions, and getting rid of it was an unwise choice.

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I bought this computer to replace my Late 2011 Macbook Pro.
Upon opening the shiny, perfect, Apple packaging I was gutted to discover the battery was dead on arrival and would not charge.
So after taking it to Apple Genius Bar to verify, indeed - the battery was dead and failed the diagnostic.
So I exchange it with B&H which was painless but cost me a week of time to wait for the new machine.
Now I open the new machine and.. the left shift key consistently does not activate when pressed.
After reading the other reviews on this machine it seems either B&H got a batch of lemons or the entire 2016 production run is full of lemons.
I'm contemplating returning it. I don't know if I want to risk another exchange and another lemon.
I also don't know if I want to stay with Apple after this experience.

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