More of this? Does he really contribute anything new to this discussion? My impression is that the MBP 2016 is simply released at an unfortunate timing. If you

More of this? Does he really contribute anything new to this discussion? My impression is that the MBP 2016 is simply released at an unfortunate timing. If you look at the MacRumors buyers guide, you can see that the release schedule for the MBP has historically been less then a year. If they can get back to that schedule, they should be able to release a MBP with the specs people are nagging about around the time when a suitable Intel Processor with LPDDR4 is available. As for other common complaints. - Ergonomics: When has Apple ever had an ergonomic keyboard? If you're working long stretches, connect a proper keyboard and external display for gods sake - GPU: Apple has never pushed the boundaries there. If this hasn't been an issue for pro users before, I'm not sure it should be an issue now. - USB-C only: Typical Apple. Could pay of in a few years though. A world where everything is USB-C is definitely worth pushing for, and it's good that Apple sets an example there. In the meantime I think the 3rd party dongles look quite nice and very convenient. You could potentially have less cable mess by just getting a dongle with just the right ports for you: http://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/01/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-adapters-hubs-2016-mbp/ http://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/01/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-adap... - Lack of Magsafe: Sucks, but OK in the context of pushing for a industry-standard charger for everything. Third party cables can pick up this use-case just fine. So I think the heart of the matter is that Apple has chosen to optimize the power envelope of the Pro line, which has caused them to have to postpone upgrade of processor/RAM. This might seem stupid, but I think it's the right choice in the long term. I think the way things are going, pro users will offload more work to servers/cloud and external GPUs making the niche for a really powerful laptop too small. I also think Apple is making the right reason in focusing more on SSD performance than RAM size. SSD is becoming the new RAM, and RAM is becoming the new cache. RAM is going to be more tightly bonded to the CPU, even in high performance applications. Especially once Intel 3D-Xpoint/Octane hits the market. So what we're seeing is a generation shift in the tech, and Apple is simply skating to where the puck is going.