[C1sc0cat]

Not sure why a laptop really needs better speakers (or even any speakers) both of mine are permanently hooked up to headphones.

[sumedh]

Because some people dont like to use headphones. Some couples prefer watching a movie in bed.

[inawarminister]

Easily solved with a Bluetooth speaker, unlike say dust-vulnerable KBs...

[sumedh]

What if you dont carry your speaker everywhere?

[inawarminister]

your scenario was about a couple watching movies in bed, though...

To be honest, I really love my rMBP 2014 hardware, it was basically perfect. Great speaker, as you say, good enough keyboard, BEST display, etc.

If Apple releases another MBP based on 2015 I'll take a quite good look again.

[4ad]

I only use my laptop when I am traveling. At home, I have no need for it. I am not traveling with speakers. I doubt I am alone.

[sumedh]

Are you really going to carry around a bluetooth speaker in everyroom though, if someone wants to watch it on the couch?

[allannienhuis]

How many rooms in a house do people really watch movies in? A couple of bluetooth speakers covers the 95% case, and just using the crappy laptop speakers or use earbuds or headphones for the 5% case.

Of course it would be nicer if the laptop had better speakers in it, but there are always trade-offs to be made on cost vs benefit, and fairly cheap bluetooth speakers are a pretty good workaround for a lot of people.

[dahfizz]

Do people not have TVs?

[C1sc0cat]

Ah like the annoying teenagers on the bus sodcasting

[newen]

Why would you even argue for bad speakers for laptops? Of course a laptop should have good speakers..