@macgenie I've barely had my MBP out of the house in the past year and that was not for any important reason. Haven't taken a laptop on a vacation in years. The MBP sits on my desk connected to an external monitor every day because a bigger screen beats portability at home. Covid has influenced this a bit but isn't a key reason. Yet the decision seems about a fraught as a divorce. In addition to performance the other thing that has always bugged me is the fact the external monitor looks so bad compared to an Apple Retina display. Decisions...