greenwoman

At that weight and price it's competing with desktops. They're cheating. That thing is as portable as stone henge.

That's meaningless marketing nonsense.

So it's a graphics editing workstation for the laymen with too much money. And that's fine. But it's not a developer system.

Doesn't need more explanation. That touch bar was very useful.

I get that, but what about aesthetics? I stare at that part of the screen every time I use the computer. Now I'm looking at a black square hole.

If I take away anything from the new MBPs it's that they are the product of groupthink. A notch and 120Hz only makes sense for phones that scroll and use faceid. That screen would've been a win if the camera had been pinhole, which it could've had, because there is no faceid. Dropping in a cheaper keyboard and cutting the touch bar is a mistake. As is including HDMI and a SD card reader and losing a thunderbolt port. Magsafe is nice. The SoC has been optimized for video editing. The space used for 32 graphics cores could've been used to add more regular cores. So it's faster than the M1 to be sure, especially for multi threaded apps but not enough for me as a developer. And the extended battery life is a great plus but as with the 17 inch MBP of 2011, it's heavy AF.

Then there is the marketing, which is getting borderline offensive. Why is everything 'Pro'? What does pro even mean? and why is it carved into the metal of the base of the laptop. Wouldn't it have been nice to ditch the marketing at this point? Apple is the largest computing company, everyone knows what that is now. Perhaps I don't want nonsense calved into my product. As far as I can see Pro means OverPRiced.

So to summarize an overpriced, heavy, video editing workstation, with legacy ports nobody has used since 2015. $5000 waste.

It IS shoplifting, exactly as Walgreens claims, and that's happening because San Francisco refuses to prosecute thieves. It's bad when essential business exits the city over government mismanagement, but even worse when the government refuses to accept accountability for the consequences of the policies they created.

I strongly prefer the Intel 16 inch design with the touch bar, USB C and a regular screen. Would have been great if they had cut the 1960s headphone jack as well. In no rush to get the new MBPs. And I don't get the need for that notch. Other manufacturers have a pinhole webcam. Can someone explain to me why I need 32 graphics cores in a laptop? Seems to me that space could have dropped in a NOC and more regular cores, which for a developer would have made a purchase case. Is this a computer or a portable video editing station?

Looking at the past 100 years of change, progress, and war, what do you think the odds are there will be anyone left to view your website in 500 years? Or that the web will be anything like it is today? Or that English will even be in use then?

Chapter 11 of the selfish gene from 1976 plainly states this.