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You nailed my two reasons for refusing to upgrade. I was planning to purchase the fully decked out MacBook Pro on release date. Then the keynote happened, and t
by developer2 10y ago
You nailed my two reasons for refusing to upgrade. I was planning to purchase the fully decked out MacBook Pro on release date. Then the keynote happened, and the hardware was put up for sale.
1. The removal of the physical escape key. I flat out reject having to remap the caps lock. The touch bar soft key is not an acceptable replacement. A physical escape key is unequivocally non-negotiable.
2. The price. I'm not going to pay $1,000 more for the same level of upgrades I got in 2013. With taxes, I had to dole out $3,200 CAD for a personal laptop, which was right against the fence of what I was willing to pay. I refuse to spend over $4,000 on a laptop.
These two issues, along with the removal of the headphone jack[1] on the latest iPhone puts me in the uncomfortable situation where for the first time in a decade I am researching alternative hardware outside the Apple ecosystem.
[1] My IEM headphones cost $1,500. I'm not going to carry an adapter to plug them in, and lose the ability to listen while charging.