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They're making a lot of bad anti-consumer choices with their products the last few cycles and I have no reason to believe it will get any better. I've been wai
by dmschulman 10y ago
They're making a lot of bad anti-consumer choices with their products the last few cycles and I have no reason to believe it will get any better.
I've been waiting for such a long time for the new line of Macbook Pros to come out, I've been in desperate need of an upgrade for quite some time now and am finally at the point where an MBP makes a lot of sense to me (I've been using Thinkpads exclusively the last 12 years) but here I am still waiting for a product announcement.
I'm highly discouraged by Apple's move to replace every port on the Macbook with a single USB-C and I believe the new MPBs will feature a similar concession, possibly 2 or 3 USB-C ports only. And adding insult to injury, the new machines will probably not include a 3.5mm headphone jack (among other Apple "improvements").
The MBP is a flagship product and I believe will be around for a while, I don't believe Apple is giving up on that market segment, but if they bungle the new products enough it might be a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's crazy to me that I'm still anticipating this product launch yet am aware that the machine itself will probably be a letdown and I'll ultimately go with another Thinkpad. I need to see the announcement to know for sure, but gee, what a way to ruin an entire product line.