I can't share a link because it's on a podcast, but when the retina Macbook came out in 2015 both co-hosts of the show Cortex (https://www.relay.fm/cortex https

I can't share a link because it's on a podcast, but when the retina Macbook came out in 2015 both co-hosts of the show Cortex (https://www.relay.fm/cortex https://www.relay.fm/cortex) talked about how after traveling with it for one trip, going back to the MacBook Pro was like putting a brick in your backpack. NOW. These two independent creators are also hardcore minimalists and invest heavily into optimizing their iPad-based workflow, so their use cases aren't particularly relevant to the developers on HackerNews. However I do think they are VERY representative of a substantial subset of the Apple user base. And unlike us, they have podcasts with hundreds of thousands of users to project their influence. Ultimately, I'm not defending the new MBP direction. I think even to this class of creatives it misses the mark. But size does matter to them all the same.