Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Just a background about myself: I owned the early 2008 15" MacBook Pro, and late 2011 15" MacBook Pro. I am a former engineer and now a finance manager. I play videogames, used for programming (C++, Matlab, R, SQlL, etc.) and did normal productivity tasks. I also record music with Fender/Gibson guitars. The changes from the 2011 15" MacBook Pro: Pros - New ports that were not in the 2011 model: HDMI port, extra Thunderbolt video port (now it has two instead of one) - New Radeon graphics card (FINALLY!). I had the chance to test the new Radeon graphics card and it's really good. - Retina display is actually sharper. I thought that it wouldn't make any difference, but it DOES on games - The computer is 1 pound (approx. 500g) lighter. This is a huge plus! - Drives are now Solid State Drive. That is awesome. Super fast boot. - (update!) When the computer is working hard, it doesn't burn my lap anymore (although I do feel some hot air flowing through my fingertips, when I am typing, but I am okay with that). Cons - (update!) The new magsafe 2 power adapter is worse than the previous generation. The plug keeps unplugging. I think Magsafe 1 had an optimal grip: if you stepped on the cord, and pulled with enough power to drag the computer, the plug would disconnect. However, for gentle pulls, it didn't disconnect. With Magsafe 2, even the gentlest pull makes the plug to disconnect, which is very annoying for me. - New built-in speakers. They look the same compared to the 2011 model, but they are slightly worse. The drums in rock songs look very artificial. - Memory is not easily upgradable anymore. WHY THIS, APPLE? SERIOUSLY? - SSD (Solid State Drive) is not easily upgradable. See my comment above - No ethernet connection and firewire 800 port. Honestly, I think nobody uses these ports anyway. - No AUDIO IN port. Now audio in and out are combined in just one port... I don't like this. - No DVD drive. A separate device from apple is $70. It's very expensive for such a simple device. There are similar models from $20 to $40. - The screen is harder to clean. Maybe that's a consequence of how the retina display is built, but yeah, it's harder to keep the screen clean. Neutral: - Keyboard keys have a shorter touch. I'm okay with that given that the body is thinner. - Touch feedback trackpad. In the beginning I felt a little weird about this trackpad. I couldn't drag-and-drop items in it, but after I changed the behavior in settings, everything went well from there. I honestly didn't think it changed much from my regular trackpad on the 2011 model. Overall, I think it is a great purchase.