>As for the tired trope of "As much as Apple has neglected pros" -- I'm tired of hearing that. Yes of course their mix isn't perfect for everyone but holy cow,

>As for the tired trope of "As much as Apple has neglected pros" -- I'm tired of hearing that. Yes of course their mix isn't perfect for everyone but holy cow, my MacBook Pro has 4 40GPS TB ports Yes apples support of high bandwidth ports has always been a selling point for pros. I can also mention their printer driver stack is superior, their audio driver stack is superior, their computers have good audio, their displays have consistently accurate colors, they are early adopters of qhd/5k/6k and offer computers with such displays at a steal of a price, osx is unix-like, there is various exclusive propietrary software, etc, etc. When I say "neglected pros" I mean it though. That trashcan mac pro sucked and the release cycle of the mac pro has been awful. The macbook pro went from being the fastest WINDOWS laptop to running into worse and worse thermal throttling issues while being saddled with a crap keyboard. The pricing has actually gotten worse relative to other brands and the quest for thinness is causing TCO to creep up due to lack of repairability/user servicability. Apple smacks of focusing on their luxury image with their thin/light obsession and not enough on their prosumer roots. Yes the improved portability is nice but the biggest jumps were years and years ago and Apple (and other brands) just seem to be getting stupid now.