I'm really getting tired of shoddy "journalists" parroting sound bites which simply aren't true. > but it maxes out at a relatively low level of RAM 16gb isn'

I'm really getting tired of shoddy "journalists" parroting sound bites which simply aren't true. > but it maxes out at a relatively low level of RAM 16gb isn't "relatively low". Sure, we all want more, but for a mainstream "pro" grade laptop, its inline with the industry standard max. It's also the most memory they can put in the laptop, due to Intel limitations, without significant battery life issues (which they already kinda have using the LPDDDR3 anyway). DDR4 is the only way to get more than 16gb RAM on a Skylake processor and it uses more power. As the TDP was already fairly tight on this machine, that just wasn't possible and still remain within design constraints. Yes, we all (myself included) feel their need to make everything paper thin is an annoyance, but there are other factors at play too (like FAA limits on lithium battery size and the ability to charge over USB-C in a reasonable amount of time). > doesn’t offer many ports I'm tired of this trite point. It has as more expand ability in ports than most other laptops on the market. Yes, you need dongles for now, but just like the death of ADB/PS2/serial:parallel ports, floppy disks, and cdroms, you have to live a short painful period while the rest of the industry catches up. Trust me, within a year at most, you won't be longing for the old ports. And finally for once Apple uses something completely industry standard and non-proprietary and you still all damn them for it! > and isn’t equipped with truly top-of-the-line internal chips The Skylake processor is literally the newest processor chip Apple could use in a quad core machine. Kaby Lake won't have a mobile quad core till 2017. Furthermore, with the problems Intel had with the Skylake when it was first released, I'm glad Apple didn't delay the update for the potential of a processor that may have issues and/or be delayed. There's similar issues on updates to the Xeon processors so I am not the least bit surprised they held off on the Mac Pro. With it being already being long in the update cycle, what's another couple months delay so you can then have the latest and greatest rather than the PR backlash for releasing and then less than a quarter later having a significantly better processor released? Also, show me a laptop line with the same market share that uses a better graphics card, better SSD performance wise, a better screen. Yes, there are numerous examples better in one aspect or another, but none with the market share and/or without other significant trade offs. The real story is that Intel is REALLY dropping the ball on delivering what vocal customers demand. The blame for virtually everything people whine about on the new MBP is solely their fault. I'm fairly certain Apple is expending every resources they can to break away from Intel, but sadly that can't come soon enough!