Note that that is only the very base 13" model. You can't get the 15" without the Touch Bar.

Yeah buying a new product which is more expensive than last year's and with worse specs.

The frustrating thing is that machine only has 2 USB ports, rather than 4. So one port for power and another for a single wired accessory. I guess buying a dongle isn't a huge deal, but kind of frustrating that you'd have to spend more money for what I would expect to be included functionality for a "pro" machine.

Any idea why it only has 2 USB ports? Seems like an intentional crippling.