> Fundamental reason: Apple doesn't release old, bottom of the barrel, price compromised junk. I'm not so sure you can make this sweeping claim with the state

> Fundamental reason: Apple doesn't release old, bottom of the barrel, price compromised junk. I'm not so sure you can make this sweeping claim with the state of their GPU choices. I compared the MacBook Pro to the HP Envy when it was possibly the worst time to buy it[1] as well as the best time to possibly buy it[2], and both times the MacBook Pro had a graphics card that was shamefully outdated. Not only did they sell more-than-two-year-old hardware, they charged the same price for it as the hardware refresh they sold the next day. Before the refresh the MacBook Pro had a 2-year old video chipset. Even now, the Pro's video card cannot do better than DirectX/OpenGL 10.1/2.1. They still use the tagline "Next-generation NVIDIA graphics" on their page, which seems a little misleading. Also, what MacBook Pro has an IPS display? I couldn't find any version with one. They do have an excellent range of ports, though. [1] http://simonsarris.com/blog/19-mac-envy http://simonsarris.com/blog/19-mac-envy [2] http://simonsarris.com/blog/22-mac-envy-2 http://simonsarris.com/blog/22-mac-envy-2