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I can hardly wait o see it as a 15" tablet and listen to the fan start whirring as it gets hot. The i7 U series is used. Does it throttle back to keep cool? 

Contrast that with top end 15" MacBook Pro CPU.
Intel® Core™ i7-7920HQ 

• Processor Base Frequency 3.10 GHz
• Max Turbo Frequency 4.1 GHz

jdw said:

So many arguments over trivial matters in this thread, when the only real argument that has meaning is the one about Johnny Ive gutting the MacBook Pro of pro features, which the Microsoft Surface Book 2 now has, including the equivalent of MagSafe, an SD card slot, and USBA ports that supplement USBC ports. 

We love MacOS are not going to buy the Surface Book to no matter how great it is. And that’s why the reasonable among us are so pissed off at Apple for having ruined the MacBook Pro and pissed off at the Cupertino worshipers among us who praise the MacBook Pro even though it’s no longer worthy of praise. 

 It’s time for Apple to do the right thing, do an about-face, and restore important functionality they removed from the late 2016 and 2017 models. And they should go a step further and restore the 17 inch model to the MacBook Pro line too.  

I have a 17" MacBook Pro mid 2010. Ports galore USB 2.0, FireWire 800, Expresscard slot, Mini Display port, DVD drive, MagSafe.  Upgraded it with two SSDs. It's running High Sierra.

Guess what I just bought a new 15" MacBook Pro with 1TB a month ago.  Is it gutted compared to my old MacBook Pro? Not in my opinion. The new machine is screaming fast. Has an amazing display. And yes I bought a dongle to be backward compatible with my old external drives. Some are USB 2.0, FireWire 800 and USB 3.0.  Even a dongle for HDMI, power and USB. Yes I am a professional, yes I use Creative Cloud apps and yes I have been doing this for many years. 

I'd rather Apple kept moving forward like the elimination floppy disks, DVD drives, old connections, etc. Everyone complains when they do it and then the rest of the industry does the same and the complaining stops. 

Just my opinion. 

tipoo said:

I like macOS, a lot, I really do...But the 1050 in the 13 inch Surface Book is significantly better than the best Radeon Pro 560 Macbook Pro I could pay Apple money for, and the 1060 absolutely brutalizes it. I really wish they offered Nvidia choices for those of us not in FCPX all day. 

Remember you can add a eGPU via Thunderbolt 3 and High Sierra if you really need a powerful GPU. These option cost more but gives you greater options for the future. 
see https://egpu.io/macos-high-sierra-official-external-gpu/