We just call them Liberals up here . <| sep |> I would not call this a good spot to contest but rather a nice trick . I mean you would probably die within a few seconds once you are up there . <| sep |> I currently run a 2010 17 MBP with 8 GB of RAM and a 960 GB SSD . I ' d like an update of that , so my major requirements are Physically big screen 17 is pretty good . Retina would be nice , but my priority is not pixels but screen area . If I need pixels , I ' ll use an external monitor , but I don ' t want to have to peer through a letterbox when I ' m using the computer on its own . Maintainable I should be able to swap out the disks on mine I can replace the DVD drive with a second disk drive , albeit with a slower transfer rate . I ' d want at least 2 GB when I bought it . A fusion drive would probably be fast enough . It should be possible to add in RAM a 64 GB limit sounds about right . I want to buy it with 16 GB and have the option to add later . DVD writer . I use this fairly often for making boot discs for Linux and BSD installations , and in a 17 chassis , there ' s room . Good hardware documentation of how to swap stuff out . Apple used to be good for this . At least one USBC Thunderbolt port , because I think it ' s a good basis for docking . At least one USB 3 . 0 Type A port so that I can plug in a USB stick . Two or three would be better . A physical ESC key . I ' m a touch typist , and getting rid of this is just Clippylevel annoying physical microphone and speaker ports . If I am in a business vc call , I don ' t want to muck around with a Bluetooth headset which decides to be difficult . Less important SD card reader . Not essential , but I do use them when they are there . Exchangeable battery as on earlier MBPs . Provided I can get about 3 h of life , it ' s not too important . It ' s usually going to run on mains . Magsafe . I prefer it , but it ' s not a dealbreaker . Stuff that wasn ' t in a previous model Either an offswitch for the buildin microphone , or a light to indicate when it is in use , as for the camera . Insulation on the underside to make it cooler if I use it on my lap . Stuff I don ' t care about Weight . I have absolutely no interest in saving weight at the expense of any other attribute . This is a portable workstation , not a notepad . I have an MBA for taking notes in meetings . Thickness see above .