I wonder if people are starting to realize the high price of apple stuff, is not worth it. I think the ever increasing price of the iphone is one reason why sales of the phone are slowing.
I think if the MBP did not have the T2 issues, and the update to the keyboard proves itself to resolve the keyboard failure, then the MBP is an expensive but decent buy. I'm not sure why some people have to deal with the T2 and others don't (like me). I'm babying my MBP in an effort to ensure keyboard longevity. I think my use case is such that the odds are in my favor but anything can happen.
As much as I love the apple ecosystem, if apple continues unabated with their pricing, this will be my last MBP for sure, and I may need to contemplate switching to android, even though my family hates android and loves iOS.
Unfortunately there seems to be enough evidence here on the forums to suggest that the V3 keyboard is headed down the same path, albeit slightly slower. The silicone membrane does nothing to fix the inherent design flaw with the mechanism itself, it only provides a bandaid rather than fixing the root cause; if debris gets in the mechanism and ruins it, then putting a membrane around the flawed mechanism doesn't fix the root cause - the faulty mechanism.
As for pricing, it has gotten ridiculously obscene the last 12-24 months, well beyond inflation and well beyond the added value brought by the new products. We've been seeing double digit percentage increases on certain products year over year and the value just isn't there, and now Apple is trying to create super premium and status quo tiers from what used to be singular flagship product lines. Nothing about the iPhone X said it should have been +$300 over an iPhone 7, just like the iPhone 4 was not +$300 over the 3GS. Is the X a huge upgrade over the 7? Absolutely, but so was the 4 over the 3GS and the price to go from 3GS --> 4 was very similar, if not the same. But Apple said hey, let's take the naturally evolving product, price it at +$300, act like it's super premium, and then make some lower version of it at a cheaper price so we can justify the super premium pricing, despite the fact the product isn't super premium.
The MBP is starting to get out of hand too, $2400 for a base 15" with 256 GB storage? FFS, at least make 512 GB standard at that price point. If you buy an i9/32/V20/1TB 15" MBP, that's $5k out the door with tax and AC, which is now AC+, another shameless money grab (...); when did we accept that a well spec'd computer was $5k? Yet as long as people here keep paying it, Apple's not going to bother changing it. And then to add insult to injury, they are machines plagued with problems.
I've always had the bleeding edge, top spec stuff but I've come to my senses with my last iPhone and computer purchase, and feel positively sensible in the money I spent, compared to what I could've spent. And my iPad is 4 years old and I refuse to give Apple $800+ for a base model Pro that is going to bend by looking at it. When I bought my last computer, and shelled out another grand for a 24" ACD, I genuinely felt like I got my money's worth, and I did. If I had to guess, if and when Apple releases a new external display to go with the redesigned Mac Pro, it won't be no $1k...probably $2499.
