Jesus man...I am far from a fanboy and really on the fence with whether or not I will stay with Apple as a new switcher but you are carrying a huge chip on your shoulder here. Yeah there are fanboys here...but not everyone who disagrees with you is one. Some people have attempted to objectively address your concerns but you seem intent to fight.
I get the anger at having to "settle" for things on such an expensive laptop and it bugs me too but you are kind of being a jerk.
Fair enough, not everyon'es fanboys here, I realise that. But when there's an obvious criticism and every criticism is being answered with "go back to windows then" or "give it back then", one cannot help but think there's a whole bunch of people on here that's fanboys (but not everyone
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If I bought a Thinkpad instead, and had similar problems, and posted them on a Thinkpad forum, people would go "yeah I've had the same problems and it's really irritating. Let's hope Lenovo sorts it out, but in the meanwhile here's what you can do... etc."
Instead on this forum it's like go to Windows. Or you are stupid for saying something like that. I get it. Apple products are put together very well. The style and finish and most of the UI in the OS is second to none. That's part of the reason why I bought one, a second MAC in fact (first one was IMAC) last year.
But when I pay my hard earned money for a laptop that can't even work with an External monitor (and that after being ripped off a ridiculous amount for an adapter), I really feel like Apple is @#$@ committing daylight robbery.
I get it that money comes easy to some - I worked and saved a long time for this purchase - it was a close call between a Thinkpad and a Macbook Pro for software development - and if the faults are keeping me from being productive it's an honest criticism - simple as that.
I'll say it again - to not have a pin sharp external display (sharper than before by tweaking with settings is not good enough if it is still blurry), or to have no external display at all in Windows (especially after forking out a lot of money for an overpriced cable that doesn't work) is simply dailight robbery.
Some people might buy Macbook Pros and not use it professionally - browse the web, etc. - but when you use a Macbook Pro to earn a living these issues are more than annoying - they keep you from doing your job productively.
That is my issue really - I don't mind paying top dollar for the best laptop on the market, but the Macbook Pro sadly does not earn that title - not until they sort out these very important issues.
I don't want to compare laptops - the Thinkpads and Sony Vaios don't come close in the style and design department, and they can't run OSX (which is important for my line of work) - but they've earned a solid reputation for their durability and practicality, and for doing well in prosumer markets. They are practical and enable the customer to do their jobs rather than disable.
What is being done here is Apple is disabling people from doing their jobs - a blurry or non working external display - lack of expansion options, inability to replace laptop battery etc. is not acceptable on a Pro level laptop.
The Unibody Macbook Pro should be stripped of it's Pro title as it is not deserving, at least not until such time that above mentioned issues are sorted out.
