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"Very thin" is not a professional criterion. There is no context in which an extra millimetre of bulk means that you're unable to get the job done. Apple no lo

"Very thin" is not a professional criterion. There is no context in which an extra millimetre of bulk means that you're unable to get the job done. Apple no longer has a truly professional mobile workstation. By focussing obsessively on size and weight, the whole product line has shifted downwards in relative performance, leaving a gaping void at the top end. The most powerful machine in the Apple lineup competes with mid-range PC laptops. A Windows user can choose from some extraordinarily powerful mobile workstations. If you need it, you can have 64gb of RAM, a desktop-class CPU, two desktop-class GPUs and quad M.2 RAID. You have the choice of ultimate performance or light weight. Apple offers no such choice. It may be a perfectly rational business decision, but Apple has decided to abandon the high-end. It has been nearly three years since the Mac Pro was updated; even on their supposedly high-end desktop workstation, Apple have traded performance for compactness. As we have seen on HN, Apple is risking an exodus of professional users. This exodus has already happened in many fields; I know a great many people in video and audio post-production who could not tolerate Apple's indifference towards the needs of media professionals. The abandonment of Final Cut Pro 7 and the inadequacies of FCPX were the icing on the cake. These users were Apple's mainstay in the difficult pre-iPhone years, but Apple seem happy to let them go.

mthoms 10y ago
"Very thin" is not a professional criterion. There is no context in which an extra millimetre of bulk means that you're unable to get the job done. To argue that thin-and-light is never a valid criteria for professionals is a bit out of touch. Many professional designers/developers work from coffee shops, workspaces, the couch, the airplane, the client's office and so on. Remote workers and digital nomadism (I hate that phrase) is a huge thing right now. And growing. The question is whether they've gone too-far in this respect and I agree that they have. But, that doesn't mean that thin-and-light isn't a perfectly valid criteria for many professionals.

mthoms 10y ago

"Very thin" is not a professional criterion. There is no context in which an extra millimetre of bulk means that you're unable to get the job done. To argue that thin-and-light is never a valid criteria for professionals is a bit out of touch. Many professional designers/developers work from coffee shops, workspaces, the couch, the airplane, the client's office and so on. Remote workers and digital nomadism (I hate that phrase) is a huge thing right now. And growing. The question is whether they've gone too-far in this respect and I agree that they have. But, that doesn't mean that thin-and-light isn't a perfectly valid criteria for many professionals.