I don't understand people expecting to have a laptop function as your sole workstation. I have always had work that fits on a laptop, and others that are extremely intensive and requires a workstation. The vast majority of 'professionals' doing the heavy lifting are doing it from one (maybe two locations) but not moving from hotel to hotel. Since I make money from my computers, I tend to have at least 2 (usually up to 5) active computers - one being a laptop and the others being either workstations or servers. Except for 4K editing (which you can use a proxy), most work on average is not that much more horsepower intense now as it was 5 years ago. Laptops are not meant (even the current generation) to be run flat out - all the time... the heat (even in a reasonably cooled laptop) has got to have some sort of detrimental effect (IMHO).
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It is possible the hardware release got ahead of the OS release, and internally they were testing it with Mojave. But then we are all guessing. This jumping to conclusions within the first week or two -- by people that have not purchased the device -- that it cannot be fixed -- reminds me of the AMD Ryzen security "backdoor" in support chips made by a 3rd party - the press went wild, AMD was doomed, they were going to be bankrupted by lawsuits... and a week later... patched.
Because we are at a point that we can have Desktop Grade Performance on the Go. Which was the point of the Macbook Pro up to 2015. As strong as a desktop for the most part with ports to plug in everything and work from One Computer. Hell, the Thunderbolt Display showed that Apple wanted it to happen. Now, I will agree with you that Laptops at this time are not meant to run full tilt all the time. But its not like people who are using Laptops for work are using them to do things that would even make a Desktop Cringe. Heat will kill all electronics. But some will last longer than others depending on the amount of heat, again you're right on that.
But we've come to a point where Apple and Dell are doing ridiculous things to try and mislead the average consumer. These 8th Gen Processors are already hot as they run (The Aero 15x, MSI GS65 and Razer Blade for example) and the laptops that they are being thrown in are having issues cooling them. Can it be fixed, for the i7's a repaste and Intel XTU fixes it. But Apple doesn't have Intel XTU and because of the cooling design meant for Quad Core Processors (lol even the 8th gen U processors are having a hard time being cooled in the 13 inch) we are at this point where it can't even handle Base clock speeds.
tl;dr We've arrived close to a point where Slim Laptops like the XPS's, Blades, Aero's, MacBooks and what not have the potential to achieve the one system dream many people want, but inane and deliberate **** ups from the likes of Dell and Apple are making the product look like its not possible.
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Hence my prediction of the MacBook keyboard eventually becoming a sheet of glass that can also adapt itself on the fly to whatever the user is doing at that time. You want a template as to what a future MacBook might look like? Look no further than the iPad.
Yikes. That is a grim future to look at if what you are saying holds any merit. Typing on a smartphone, any smartphone, is absolute crap (Atleast for me). But I deal because of what the phone is capable of and obviously I can't have a keyboard and a phone this thin.
But an entire keyboard made from a sheet of glass? Thats a no from me dog. I would, at most, take something akin to what Asus is doing with their Zenbook with that Display Trackpad thing. But an entire, touch screen only, keyboard with no physical feedback at all?
I mean, Apple sheep will still buy it because it has the Apple logo. So i suppose those people are the market Apple wants anyway, but from people who want and need to do ****...
Thats a no from me dog.
