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Macbook line-up conundrum for forum structure
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I just report threads that are in the wrong forum and the moderators move them. Same goes for thread titles.
Why would they? They don't have separate categories for Retina MBP and Classic MBP.
The MacBook Pro was one line of computers. The new MacBook had a very long break in between (five years) and is designed with a different mentality.
With such a long break in between, and the fact that there was relatively little traffic in the MacBook forum, there's no reason that the existing forum can't be used for both, since the vast majority of posts will be for the retina MacBook.
Either way would work and I do agree with you to a point but I also think that they were two different products with two different motives. The MacBook Pro, since its induction in 2006 was a professional and prosumer laptop. The MacBook before was an education and consumer laptop with the role now being filled by the MacBook Air. The new MacBook with Retina Display is more of a consumption machine than anything else.
Good strategy, but I also think that the terms "Macbook Air retina" and "retina Macbook Air" should be "warning" level offences. If I had my way, people would be banned, but I am willing to be lenient.
I we will more likely treat it the same as the iPod touch vs iTouch.
Totally agree. The Macbook(white) and the new macbook is a totally different product line and I believe it should not be discussed in the same forum.
It is like how Jeep made the Cherokee XJ and the new Cherokee. Both are different products but share the same name. That doesn't make them the same category.
Yes the XJ and the new Cherokee and the MacBook and the Retina MacBook are both different products that share a name but they both share the same intent/role.