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The Air strategy was imo how they should've handled the new Macbook Pro.

You've got a new product that has some experimental novelty (emoji bar) and makes some very future oriented design decisions (usb c only) that most people are not ready to sunset on yet, and which poses its own challenges and constraints (only offering 4 ports because each has to be a fully functional thunderbolt, while losing 1 for power).

Solution: MacBook Touch. They can gauge the interest in the new stuff, manage transitional issues and not leave everyone else out in the cold for whom the limitations are unacceptable.

Instead I'm now faced with an upgrade that cuts the number of ports on my machine in half, destroys my ability to hook up with common devices, and gives me something I do not want or need in return. My only hope is that they come to their senses by the time my current one gives out. Given the headphone jack fiasco, unlikely.