As somebody who has a CRATE of needless connectors from Apple purchases over the years (remotes, video adapters, docks, dock connectors, wall-wart adapters, headphones, etc), I'm totally fine with Apple eliminating anything in the box that is likely to have limited appeal -- provided that it can be acquired for a fair price.
The Magsafe adapter is $10 and most people don't have stacks and stacks of 85W adapters sitting around their houses. I can deal with that being an option for the MBPR. The display needs to support any current mac, so it makes sense the adapter would be an include.
I can deal just as easily with the $30 thunderbolt-to-ethernet (I use ethernet about once a year and I'm an application developer), and the $30 thunderbolt-to-firewire connector (I only use firewire for whole-machine backups or restores).
Of course, if I add up every capability I have on my mid-'10 17" that I won't have on the MBPR, I'd have a pretty long list of Thunderbolt devices to buy. Long enough to add a few hundo to the pricetag. This is another of those Apple crossroads: I'm being invited to burn a bridge I rarely cross into what they claim is a new and better land.
Personally, I'm waiting for the Anandtech review before taking their word for it.
The Magsafe adapter is $10 and most people don't have stacks and stacks of 85W adapters sitting around their houses. I can deal with that being an option for the MBPR. The display needs to support any current mac, so it makes sense the adapter would be an include.
I can deal just as easily with the $30 thunderbolt-to-ethernet (I use ethernet about once a year and I'm an application developer), and the $30 thunderbolt-to-firewire connector (I only use firewire for whole-machine backups or restores).
Of course, if I add up every capability I have on my mid-'10 17" that I won't have on the MBPR, I'd have a pretty long list of Thunderbolt devices to buy. Long enough to add a few hundo to the pricetag. This is another of those Apple crossroads: I'm being invited to burn a bridge I rarely cross into what they claim is a new and better land.
Personally, I'm waiting for the Anandtech review before taking their word for it.