What is the real autonomy of a Macbook Pro 13" 2017 without a touchbar?

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Hello everyone, I was
puzzled by the choice of a new laptop and I am considering a Macbook Pro 13 "2017 as one of the possible candidates ... unfortunately I did not find adequate reviews of this device on the Internet (everyone is crucifying about the lack of ports, but otherwise they sing laudatory odes to a giant touchpad and a new keyboard, at the same time, everyone is reviewing the device with an eye on "editing
in 4K", which I have never done and do not collect). Does anyone here have that information?
ps Well, since such a booze has gone, can someone leave a slightly more objective review about the device in terms of programming? I am especially interested in how gentle the keyboard is and does it really require constant purging and other hygiene measures?

Answer 1

I have experience in using two such machines:
1) My wife has been using the simplest machine from the line for about a year. Without recharging, it can use it all day (6-8 hours exactly). Office tasks, but with a very careless attitude to resources: two browsers with 20+ tabs, several open word / excel documents, a bunch of preview tabs, several instant messengers, etc. After about 8-9 months after the purchase, the space bar began to be pressed tightly, the rest of the keys live normally for now.
2) I myself received such a firmware at work in a top-end configuration without a touchbar (core i7, 16 gb ram) a little over a month ago. I work mainly from the outlet, I did not have a chance to completely plant the battery. I can say that an hour of active work in xcode + several developer tools (simulator, zeplin, charles, postman) drain the battery by 10-15%. I am more than satisfied with the speed of work. Surprisingly, with the same amount of RAM and a lower processor frequency (2.5 vs. 3), this laptop builds my work project 1.5 times faster than the previous Mac.