"I suspect Apple will have to think hard about how to please those who want a portable yet ultrapowerful machine, which is really the even narrower segment that

"I suspect Apple will have to think hard about how to please those who want a portable yet ultrapowerful machine, which is really the even narrower segment that has been criticizing the new MacBooks. The portability/power tradeoff it has made in the new machines seems to be fine for the mainstream, but that’s the one thing that seems to be creating the most problems for the hardcore base, and it’s worth addressing." I have an idea. They could have a line of Macs for those that care about lightness and thinness and little else. Perhaps they could call it the "Light" or the "Air". The consumer-class Macs intended for the mainstream could just simply have "MacBooks" with no suffix. The new MacBook Pros actually seem just like this. If Apple is worried about too many product lines, the "Light/Air" and the plain "MacBook" could merge. But for the professionals, don't worry about weight so much and put a nice variety of ports and great specs on a "Pro" line of MacBooks.