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Your criticisms boil down to needing a dongle and the unavailability of Kaby Lake. Personally, I have no issues with the MBP and find the whole "echo chamber" o

by nihonde 10y ago

Your criticisms boil down to needing a dongle and the unavailability of Kaby Lake. Personally, I have no issues with the MBP and find the whole "echo chamber" outrage a little silly. It is still an improvement on many fronts over the previous MBP. If you need 16GB+ RAM and more disk space or want to spend less, you buy a desktop or you don't use OSX. As an AAPL shareholder, I'm happy to see Apple shifting its focus toward consumers. As an iOS developer, I just want a portable that runs XCode well. As a web developer, I just want a nice UNIX OS and a good text editor. As a Mac user since 1984, I always have gripes about the OS but they're mostly hair splitting compared to the hair-pulling experience of Windows or Linux. My Macs have always been less than bleeding edge hardware in terms of capacity, performance, etc. but it's a trade off for a solid OS and lower TCO. And yes, I am a "Pro" user by any sensible definition of the word.

PhantomGremlin 10y ago
As an AAPL shareholder, I'm happy to see Apple shifting its focus toward consumers. My prediction is there won't be all that many "consumers" buying 13" laptops starting at $1799 (for the version with the touch bar). My kids both already had the 2015 model. I don't know if I would have bought them the new models, considering the higher prices, roughly 40% more expensive. Maybe I would have bought them Macbook Airs. BTW the 13" air is currently being discounted by $100 down to $899. So it also might not be long for this world. I just put my money where my mouth ... err keyboard ... is. Yesterday I bought myself a 2015 model 13" retina (discounted by $100, probably about to be discontinued). So $1199 compared to $1499 (no touch bar) or $1799. The extra features aren't worth it for me. The missing features, like magsafe, are worth paying for. But YMMV.
- nihonde 10y ago
  Laptops are a declining race to zero. Apple knows this. In five to ten years, they'll seem downright quaint. Edit: For the record, my mid-2014 MBP is nowhere near EOL. I'd rather spend ¥400,000 on AAPL shares.

by nihonde 10y ago

PhantomGremlin 10y ago

As an AAPL shareholder, I'm happy to see Apple shifting its focus toward consumers. My prediction is there won't be all that many "consumers" buying 13" laptops starting at $1799 (for the version with the touch bar). My kids both already had the 2015 model. I don't know if I would have bought them the new models, considering the higher prices, roughly 40% more expensive. Maybe I would have bought them Macbook Airs. BTW the 13" air is currently being discounted by $100 down to $899. So it also might not be long for this world. I just put my money where my mouth ... err keyboard ... is. Yesterday I bought myself a 2015 model 13" retina (discounted by $100, probably about to be discontinued). So $1199 compared to $1499 (no touch bar) or $1799. The extra features aren't worth it for me. The missing features, like magsafe, are worth paying for. But YMMV.

nihonde 10y ago
Laptops are a declining race to zero. Apple knows this. In five to ten years, they'll seem downright quaint. Edit: For the record, my mid-2014 MBP is nowhere near EOL. I'd rather spend ¥400,000 on AAPL shares.