don't take any notice of the Apple fanboy. Courtesy of my employer I have one that is about as high end as you can get. Obviously something with 8 CPUs 16G memory and 500G SSD can't be described as a heap of junk but value for money it is not.
Nor is it robust. I dropped mine from the grand height of one inch on the corner and because the screen is integrated with the lid it has invalidated the warranty. Plus if you don't fold the power cord in the Mac special way you will soon be subject to the Apple rip off for a new one.
The OS is the most irritating patronising thing you will ever come across. You would be far better with a regular Windows or Linux on the same spec of machine for half the price.