The error of the MacBook Pro is the 'Pro' part. It's supposedly being marketed to professionals, but optimizing for one thing only, which is thinness. I don't think anyone ever asked for the "old" MacBook Pro to be thinner. Maybe a beefier CPU, maybe a GPU worth something, maybe more battery life. Or more ports. But thinner? They used to have a very good product for that, and that's the Air, which is now neglected.
Apple's product lineup is a mess. Like the time after Steve got kicked out.
Disclaimer: typing this on a 2015 15" MacBook Pro.
I'm so sick of exactly this. I can deal with a few tradeoffs for thin-ness, with the idea that maybe it's Good For Me indirectly by moving the industry to adapt to a thinner, more mobile vision.
But compromising on literally everything else about the computer just to get a bit thinner (worse keyboard, smaller battery, worse graphics, less memory -- things I actually care about) is infuriating.
The error of the MacBook Pro is the 'Pro' part. It's supposedly being marketed to professionals, but optimizing for one thing only, which is thinness. I don't think anyone ever asked for the "old" MacBook Pro to be thinner. Maybe a beefier CPU, maybe a GPU worth something, maybe more battery life. Or more ports. But thinner? They used to have a very good product for that, and that's the Air, which is now neglected.
Apple's product lineup is a mess. Like the time after Steve got kicked out.
Disclaimer: typing this on a 2015 15" MacBook Pro.