Precisely. And a vast array of what's becoming SUPERIOR options.
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Talk about Blah blah blah. How about using some facts that are pertinent...
Apparently Magsafe -- one of their best laptop innovations -- is gone forever.
I don't want a touchbar at the expense of actual function keys.
I don't want the obnoxiously huge trackpad.
I don't want the annoying short travel keyboard.
I don't want it .000001 mm thinner.
I don't want it even more expensive.
I want PORTS that I actually use.
I want the option of a blu-ray drive.
I want a "Pro" machine that's actually pro. This ain't it, and neither was the previous one.
These are pro machines for most pros using them, we have literally dozens of them in my office, almost every dev here is using a 15" macbook pro with a couple exceptions on dell xps 13/15s. I'm a software dev, and the machine is pretty damn pro for me, and they just addressed my major complaints (16GB RAM ceiling, quad core ceiling).
And personally on features? I don't even miss magsafe. I'll happily trade its convenience for cheap replacement power cables and common charging standard across my devices. I'm more annoyed that my iphone doesnt have usbc than the fact that magsafe is missing.
The huge trackpad I find useful, and still miles ahead of *any* other manufacturers trackpad, and though when at my desk it's docked I use an external kb/trackpad I don't even mind the keyboard when I use it at home/out of the office.
The new models aren't any more expensive than the old ones, the price ceiling is just higher because there's more SSD BTO options, and that silicon costs $$$. No one's forcing you to buy it with a 4TB SSD though (and most people getting anything as expensive as a the *fully* tricked out version, 4TB SSD and all, aren't paying for it themselves, like me their employer is paying for it as a cost of equipping their employee).
I've found the ports to be less and less of an issue, I don't really need ports the way I used to most of the time and the single multi-adapter in my bag is fine for the occasional times I do.
Optical media is dead for most computers, it's not coming back, and that's not just apple, deal with it. That complaint made sense a few years ago, it doesnt now.
I'll give you the touchbar though, that thing's implementation is a mistake that I hope apple will rectify somehow eventually. It's not that it's terrible in and of itself, I just miss the physical keys, if they could slot it in *above* the f row I'd be fine with it. But, as annoying as it is, it isnt really a dealbreaker either, and I've *occasionally* found it useful. I do like the fingerprint reader, I wish they made an external kb with the reader and a secure enclave chip
