If anything I think they should expand the line instead of limit it. The 17 inch doesn't sell the same as the 13 inch....no sh**. Dell and HP and Sony, and all the other makers of laptops have no issue keeping a lot of models around. I rarely ever see them discontinuing any line.
I wish if they were that done with Macs and wanted to only sell iToys they would at least free OSX so I could install it on anything I wish without hacking it. Just a nice simple install. (In my dreams, I know) Be nice for MS not to have 90% dominance of the OS market though, thats unhealthy.
Only a rumor though, hopefully they do expand the line and keep what they have. If not I feel so bad for the people that put in their hard earned cash towards the 17 inch and get shafted. My needs I wouldn't need that particular laptop, the 13 inch Pro does fine for me. Others have different needs.
A real aggressive SOB in charge could make so much more money if they expanded the lines properly without overlapping a lot of laptops, which is a problem for Dell and CO IMO, lots of their stuff overlaps.
Have the Air at 11, 13 and 15
Have a Macbook at 13-15-17 starting at 899 and working up to 1599. Average GPU's small amount of SSD memory. Average resolution displays
Have a pro line with the same 13-15-17 inch, maybe even a 16 inch (I like that screen size LOL )
All with beefier GPUS' and lots of SSD memory, more RAM, and higher resolution displays.
It would easy for anyone to make a choice there. Far easier than any other PC maker still even if they added some lines.