I'm not sure if this is Apple "moving forward" or simply engendering more consumer cynicism. Thin laptops are nice. But so thin that the RAM has to be soldered

I'm not sure if this is Apple "moving forward" or simply engendering more consumer cynicism. Thin laptops are nice. But so thin that the RAM has to be soldered on the logic board, and you have to pay a premium up-front to get the specs you want? The touch strip looks nice, but it's adding at least $300 to the price of each machine. I don't think we've seen $300 worth of potential value yet, so the feature looks like a consumer-unfriendly money grab.