[addicted]

While you are right that Apple isn't making machines specifically for the OP, the Pro was intended specifically for people like the OP. And the new MBP seems to have very different design goals than ealier MBPs. An obvious example is the ports. Older MBPs were renowned for the many different types of ports they supported.

The new MBP seems to be geared towards people who use Macs for Office work, but want the most expensive version of a mac portable they can find. Before writing this comment I was gonna add that Apple's definition of Pro seems to have reduced to people who deal with videos and photos, but if they were catering to that audience they would have left the SD card reader in.

The main difference between the old Apple portable lineup and the new one appears to me that in the old one, the Macbook, Air and the Pro all had overlapping but different design goals. Today's devices all seem to have the same primary design goals, with the differences existing so they can be slotted in different price brackets.

[arebop]

The crappy GPUs make the MBPs much less appealing for video work than they used to be, compared to other laptops that are better able to cope with modern demands (4k, HDR, noise reduction, stabilization, etc.). So maybe scratch another profession off that list.

[closeparen]

Adobe Premier runs just fine on Windows, an ecosystem where raw power comes much cheaper. It wasn’t so much lackluster GPUs as the decline of Final Cut Pro.

[goalieca]

I actually don’t mind giving up the ports on the mbp when these self-powered USB c docks have (HDMI, 3xUSB3, sd, micro sd, gigabit Ethernet, and power)

The hubs are pretty small. And fit in travel bags nicely. They actually make pretty good dicking stations too

[misnome]

I felt this for a while, but then I went to do something on my old 2011 MacBook Air and it was a breath of fresh air to just plug things in (DisplayPort! USB-A!) and not have to go hunting for myriad dongles.

[pasbesoin]

I recall watching some professional photographers, some years ago, chasing George Cluny and some other celebrities filming on location (where I just happened to be, that day). I and a couple of them landed in a Starbucks at the same time. Out came the MacBook Pro. In went the media card. Debate, select, edit, maybe copyright/watermark/whatever, and off the photos went, to be some of the first available.

I suppose cameras may connect wirelessly now (?). Anyway, new format MacBook Pros don't seem to fit this scenario, nor others I see for real professional work portability, well.

Add to that the keyboard. I don't see how one keeps it "dust free" when running around chasing a story -- or work or whatever.

[matwood]

> In went the media card.

So these pros were all using SD cards and not CF cards? Not defending Apple, but putting in an SD card slot never made any sense to me because at that time the high end cameras often used CF cards. It also made an assumption that SD cards were never going to change. Plus, it wasted space for people who never needed to plug in some media card.

I would have much rather Apple added another USB connection in that space because it would have had much more flexibility.

[patrickg_zill]

A full page spread in a mass printed magazine like People is about 6 to 8 megapixels, i.e. they don't need to use the full 18 to 24 or more megapixels; most likely they crop heavily.

The CF cards are more expensive per megabyte and less compatible than SD cards.

Many pros shoot SD cards and never reuse them, giving themselves a backup just by copying the pics to their laptop and keeping the cards.

[justwalt]

Since it’s a laptop, wouldn’t it make more sense to target more of a serious-casual type audience, and therefore use SD cards? The professionals who are more likely to use CF cards would be more likely to have a dedicated desktop for it.

[pasbesoin]

My memory's had a bit longer to cook/regurgitate. Maybe they used a cable. If so (I am uncertain), sorry for my mis-recollection.

I would still worry about the keyboard situation.

[pdpi]

“At the time”? The 5D mark IV still has dual CF/SD slots, with CFast being the highest-performance alternative available