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Apple tends to use roughly the same physical design over many years, and every new physical design is usually accompanied by a price increase. Generally speakin
by diebeforei485 7y ago
Apple tends to use roughly the same physical design over many years, and every new physical design is usually accompanied by a price increase. Generally speaking, every new physical design requires a lot of work and upfront cost - so this is arguably fine.
Except the 2016-2019 models (except the new 16-inch model) didn't offer good value - largely because the "redesigned" keyboard was unreliable, the touch bar was laggy, and the thermals (super thin design) were not very great, leading to performance and heat issues.
They pushed the touch bar way too hard. I thought the virtual esc key in Terminal would be fine, but it ended up just being laggy and frustrating. The 2018 touchbar is somewhat marginally less frustrating, but people shouldn't have to deal with a laggy esc key after paying $1800.
Also - they were selling 'Pro' computers with 128GB of storage. Ridiculous.
- blablabla123 7y agoOne should definitely do some research before buying anything expensive. On the other hand I think some models are extremely reliable and despite (or because of ;)) the fancy design far most robust than most PC laptops. 128 GB is really ridiculous, on the other hand it's possible to upgrade that. I think the higher price tag is reasonable for a laptop that lasts so many years. Also for anything compute intensive I think it's anyway more practical to rent out a VPS somewhere...
- diebeforei485 7y agoI don't think the keyboard is particularly reliable. And the storage is not upgradeable.
- blablabla123 7y agoSure, especially for the models you pointed out. But other models... On the other hand with PC laptops it's so common that a part at the display's hinge falls off or even a key for that matter. Recently a MacBook Pro fell from 1 meter or so, and the was just a tiny ditch, everything else was still working.