> It would cost me $3000 to replace it with a computer that is not significantly more powerful, has a smaller screen and less I/O functionality, and would be in

> It would cost me $3000 to replace it with a computer that is not significantly more powerful, has a smaller screen and less I/O functionality, and would be incompatible with my audio interface unless I daisy-chain multiple adapters to get Firewire. Fuck that, as long as possible. To be fair, with the new Macs you still get to daisy chain adapters... Here's the thing, nobody can take away how great the Macs we have now were when they came out. The fact that it was so well built and so powerful that you're still using it after 5 years speaks exactly to what we loved about them. But the new MBPs aren't the same. They're just as expensive as they always were, but they don't have forward-looking specs. Unlike the old ones, we don't see the new ones being machines we can keep around for the next 5 years. I've got a 2013 MBP and it's got virtually identical specs as the new 2016s. (Used similarly upgraded from base units both times -- with Apple care this cost ~$3,300 then and would cost ~$3,300 now.) --- 2013 MBP 16 GB RAM NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 2GB memory 2.3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 512 GB SSD Apple Build Quality vs --- 2016 MBP ($2,800) http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MLH42LL/A&step=config# http://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MLH42L... 16 GB RAM Radeon Pro 455 with 2GB memory 2.7 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 512 GB SSD Apple Build Quality vs --- 2016 Razer Blade ($2,200) http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blade-gtx970m http://www.razerzone.com/store/razer-blade-gtx970m 16 GB RAM NVIDIA® GeForce GTX 970M with 6GB memory 2.6GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 512 GB SSD Razer Build Quality