Apple’s MacBook Pro Is Just One Point Short of Perfection - State of the Art - NYTimes.com

Price doesn't appear to be a blocker (and/or perhaps the Retina display is supply-constrained); see Apple runs out of Retina MacBook Pros

"How does the new laptop fare on the Ultimate Laptop Wish List? Extremely well. It tops the charts on screen, keyboard, sound, start-up time, looks, battery life and fast/thin/light. It can have copious memory (up to 16 gigabytes) and storage, for a handsome fee.
Inexpensive? Not even close. But as with cars, homes and partners, you can’t have everything. Professionals, commence your scrounging."

Apple’s MacBook Pro Is Just One Point Short of Perfection - State of the Art - NYTimes.com