The first example I came across, they did it after 8 months in 2011. Maybe you're right, maybe the Macbook Pro is just a beefier Macbook now. They didn't even splurge on the most up to date Intel chips, but the price went up?
This is so disappointing, after a long wait too.
Glad right now I timed my last Macbook pro purchase to have a year of applecare left on it, and it could easily last me another 2 years thanks to being maxed out when I bought it.
Apple is a company looking to maximize it profit as well as build good products. A lot of laptop manufacturers are starting to catch up on the hardware side (the new Zenbook).. it's just the MacOS experience that someone has left to create an equivalent to.
Apple dropped the ball, big time. I'll ride out my 2012 MBPr (which still works great), but at these conditions, my next laptop will not be from Cupertino.
Even the new Lenovo T460p's are sliding by. Asus Zenbook is slick too.
I am more of a 13" guy, although i've used the 15" MBP and windows laptop at one time.
I'm hoping by the time my applecare is up they will throw a massive parade for doing the obvious hardware upgrades.
One possible reason they haven't is getting performance and heat managed in the new slim form factor.
Had a few macbooks that ran hot in the past, so I hope it's just that and not much else. It sucked having 15" macbook pros that had faulty video cards due to poor heat management and died prematurely.
It just seems like something Apple would do.