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by Elizer0x0309 3496 days ago
Any serious developer worth his salt is not going to put up with the utter shit the new MB(P) are.

I know they're catering to "media" types but for any engineer who also happens to be a 10x and well rounded, doing art, music and other fields will feel constrained.

Apple has left the golden middle ground a long time ago and is going after the "media" types only. News flash: the margins in those youtubers-sectors are very low, hence the spending will dry sooner rather then later.

I've been using the MBP pro circa 2012 and upgrading/hacking the hardware.

It's aging gracefully and next laptop will be a non-mbp which can run MacOs through VM. Price parity allows much more horsepower and modularity.

New MBP, pretty but objectively silly.
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CountSessine 3496 days ago
Apple has left the golden middle ground a long time ago and is going after the "media" types only. News flash: the margins in those youtubers-sectors are very low, hence the spending will dry sooner rather then later.

I don't think that this is a very good good laptop for media-youtuber types either. Just watch Casey Neistat's review of the new rMBP. He really wants to like it, but it's really clear from what he's saying that it's completely unsuited to his needs. In particular, the loss of the SD card slot is going to hurt anyone who uses pro camera equipment.

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Elizer0x0309 3496 days ago
Haha.

Well color me surprised.

Now I really don't know which target market they're trying to aim for, cause where I'm standing it's a net miss, aside from the millennial generation which isn't a bread winning one for the most part.

Maybe I'm not seeing their big picture, but as far as I'm concerned, A net producer from technical to art, this machine is a fail.

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CountSessine 3496 days ago
I see no user's needs being a good subset of this machine's capabilities. It's just impractical.

I have a 2012 rMBP and I'm thinking of upgrading to a refurb 2015 rMBP. I'd like to upgrade to the last good generation of MBP; it might be a while before Apple decides to start making good laptops again.

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evadne 3496 days ago
He then appeared in the finale episode with the old rMBP and an SD card in it.
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CountSessine 3496 days ago
HAHA! I noticed that too!
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