He really, really can't get his head out of the specs on paper and cannot imagine a MacBook Pro as anything more than a netbook. He cannot seem to be able to digest how a 965m equivalent (according to him) can do any modicum of decent work for the actual professional users out there.
Meanwhile, the people who actually bought it, are happy with it and use it for what it was intended to do, creating their life's work on it. The fast IO that is a pleasure to use, the sleeker form factor that is portable and feels just right to use. The far better screen, the great speakers, the list is really decent enough, marred only by Apple sticking it to us with just 8GB RAM stock.
He cannot truly understand why a Mac is what a Mac is. A Mac has always been more than a computer assembled with top of the line components and latest technologies. It has always been more about the synergy between hardware and software, stuff working reliably and people able to depend and rely on their machines in a truly surprising way. That used to be a Mac, and in many ways, still is.