OK, now i'm even MORE furious. If this exists, Apple should have built it into their power cable that comes with. Anything less is a giant middle finger. Another example of Apple needlessly cutting corners and screwing their customers. Customers came first for Jobs. Profits come first for Cook.
I wouldn't say that, I think Cook isn't Steve Jobs. He is trying to execute Steve Jobs' Product Strategy, but isn't doing it well. Steve Jobs' strategy was simple, focus on the premium market. There were two sides to this:
1. Offer a very nice looking product; and
2. The product should have the horsepower to match its price.
Basically sell a premium product then collect the premium price.
Tim Cook is selling a premium price but not offering a premium product.
When Steve Jobs was in charge, Apple still made expensive computers. People used to say well Apple computers are over priced, I could buy a Laptop from Compaq for $600 why would I pay $1200 for Macbook (all Canadian prices).
I could easily come back and say, well no Macs aren't actually over priced, if you do a dollar for dollar comparison, if you were to spec out that Compaq Laptop it would be about $1000-1100. The Macbook is $1200. The Apple Tax is only $100 more.
The next question is why would I buy it: well because it is better value than the $600 laptop because it has the specs to last. Even on the Compaq, you seriously should boost the specs otherwise you'll be buying another one next year. If I bought that $600 laptop it would be obsolete in a year or two, while my Macbook lasts me 4/5 years. My 2012 Macbook is headed for year 5.
Apple also did annual updates on the Macbooks at the time, so it kept the line up current and you always had the latest CPU, the latest offerings. If not the latest was around the corner, not 4 years too late.
Today I can't justify it. You are just paying for the Apple Logo. They are selling horribly outdated hardware for $1500. I can't justify it just for a pretty case.
They can easily keep last generation laptops on sale, upgrade the specs, give it specs which justify the price point. Give it a Skylake or Kaby Lake Processor. Upgrade the storage to 240 GB. I'll pay $1500 for that no problem, that's what I paid for my 2012 Macbook Pro.
Instead we got a four year old Macbook Pro, with a four year old CPU, priced much higher than its closest competitors.
Compare the Macbook Pro tot he Dell XPS13. Both machines are beautiful, but Dell has continued to release current generation hardware, its priced about $1200 starting and can be maxed out at $2000.
I cannot justify spending these prices without feeling ripped off. This is true for both the old models and the ones the released today.
