Point taken, I totally see how brighter screens must be a boon for people who actually bring their laptop outdoors.

My personal needs are way smaller so I missed that part completely (on contrast IDK, I recently had a Surface Pro 8 next to a MBP 4 and it didn't strike me, but I might not be sensible enough to that)

> 1366x768

We've had HDPI for a decade now, that's truly awful.

> ports

Agreed, people needing more than 4 ports or caring a lot more about size are kinda SOL with the current modular setup.