It however also was a good way to separate polite people from the more mindless ones, depending on wether or not they put a sticker or other obstruction on it.

After attending a hackathon yesterday, I was going to cover my Mac with the stickers I picked up. But just for you, I'm going to leave the logo uncovered.

Would you refuse, i would not start a fight, but just look for another place or another way to block the view for myself.

If i was Santa Claus, you would however get no gift.

That sounds like a pretty heavy safe space invasion. I don't think I'd appreciate you talking to me about my hardware preferences.

Good job I'm upgrading to the latest MBP and upon receipt will cease the ongoing infliction of my selfish ways on the general public.

If you expect people to cover the logo on their laptops, I can only assume you keep your phone on silent and never, ever, ever answer it in public, because a ringing phone is far more distracting as is a phone conversation. For that matter, so is in-person conversation, so I hope you never hold conversations in public either.

Or put another way, calling a glowing logo a public disservice is ridiculous and if you believe it you're either a recluse or a hypocrite.

But I do try to check it regularly whenever I get the chance.

Initially I thought it was a step backwards, but now I don't miss it, and it helped to improve battery life on mobile devices too.

But the rest of the points the OP/article made are spot on; this isn't a Pro machine.

Just walk in to any conference and you could instantly assess the Mac's popularity among the group

You see it in movies too

In fact Inwatched a movie the other day with an iMac and no glowing logo and it looked weird

Walking into a gathering with all those Apple logos lit while carrying a ThinkPad did make me feel like a bit of a rebel. Rather ironic.

http://vwordpress.stmarys-ca.edu/ame1ian/files/2014/03/think...

I want a machine that is customized to work the way I want it to work. I don't want a machine that is generalized to suit non-techs.

Someone knocked on the door and I got up, catching the power cord on my leg. The stool fell over and the screen shattered.

Magsafe is definitely a great feature on my MBPro 2012

The rest of your points are pretty funny e.g. no glowing apple logo!

[edit] For comments to this post, I add Apple is known for eliminating clutter before the industry does, without regard to cost. By making every user specifically buy adapters if they need it, they are simplifying the product, conserving resources, and making money too. Win, win, win.

My biggest gripe, however, is the sudden loss of Magsafe in favor of USB-C charging only. This is a huge step backwards as Magsafe was developed to protect the computer and the charger from damage in case of a sudden, omni-directional tug. I can't imagine the internals of a USB-C connector holding up to that abuse. While they say you wont need to charge it as frequently, I don't buy that this will always be the case, not to mention it is very difficult to change user behavior and people will still attempt to charge it casually.

In 3 years when you still own the machine and almost everything is USB-C, you'll probably feel differently about the ports.

> My biggest gripe, however, is the sudden loss of Magsafe in favor of USB-C charging only. This is a huge step backwards as Magsafe was developed to protect the computer and the charger from damage in case of a sudden, omni-directional tug.

This is my biggest gripe, too. Magsafe saved my ass more times than I want to think about.

At this point, many new computers have USB-C, and a growing number of computers have only USB-C. So there's a market of people who need USB-C connectors, and untapped markets with a strong demand and a proven willingness to spend premium money attracts device manufacturers heavily. So maybe I'm being optimistic, but I don't think overwhelmingly so.

I'm actually really surprised Apple didn't make it themselves.

Then why not include it in the box?

Apple increased the price and removed the mains extension cable, surely they could have done something to make the transition easier?

We've been told that early Thunderbolt 3 compatibility is not consistent. So at this stage it's probably safer to stick with Apple branded dongles and adapters.

Something as simple as connecting my existing monitor through Display Port now needs an adapter. £30 [1]

As it stands it's not even clear yet what will and won't work with the new machines.

E.g. do I need to buy another USB-c Superdrive for the 2 times a year I have to burn a DVD for someone? £79 [2]

The existing USB-A Superdrive won't even work through a generic USB hub, will it work through a USB-A to USB-C converter? £9 [3]

I don't use HDMI very often except when I'm doing presentations but that's another £49. [4]

Not to mention I now need to spend £19 to connect my iPhone and another £19 to replace the extension cord they were too cheap to include.

It all mounts up; nickels and dimes.

[edit] I should probably add that, yes, I can expense this stuff to my business but it's still, it's a pain on a such a high end product.

[1]: http://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MMEL2/thunderbolt-3-usb...

[2]: http://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MD564ZM/A/apple-usb-sup...

[3]: http://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MJ1M2/usb-c-to-usb-adap...

[4]: http://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MJ1K2ZM/A/usb-c-digital...

I suspect Apple developers would be able to afford the beefiest model, assuming they don't get it for free. So there's that.

People who don't think there isn't much wrong with the new MBPs aren't going to make a lot of noise about that fact.

Most of the patrons only use Word and Safari on them anyway.

- more efficient CPU (less battery is possible without less battery runtime)

- better display (Display P3 color, more nits)

- better sound

- lighter

- better structural engineering (all metal, even the hinges) and therefor also no apple backlight (which makes the structural part better).

- Charging with normal smartphone battery packs is now possible.

"less battery is possible without less battery runtime" -> doesn't work with CPU bound software like Hangouts or external appliances that need to be powered. Fact is the battery is much smaller.

- Better display: granted

- Better sound: Nope, there's no substitute for bass response, all of which gets better the larger the speaker and enclosure is

- Lighter: Yes. This is a professional's priority number 2749 though.

- Structural engineering: It's half as thin. If you know mechanics, you'd need a material double as tough in order to make up for the loss in structural stability. Not gonna happen, maybe their most recent super duper aluminum alloy is 20-30% tougher. Overall, a thinner structure is ALWAYS more brittle.

All in all, OP is completely right: This simply isn't a professional machine.

I use my laptop in a professional capacity and weight is a huge factor for me. I carry my laptop everywhere.

Incremental yearly changes in weight have generally not been that impressive but in aggregate the difference is huge. Go pick up a 10-year-old laptop and you'll probably agree.

> Structural engineering: It's half as thin. If you know mechanics, you'd need a material double as tough in order to make up for the loss in structural stability.

I'm no mechanical engineer, but I don't believe that's correct. There are a number of factors that impact the structural stability of an item. The internal structure has a huge impact, which is why I-beams exist.

It's also not as if the space saved is the result of just milling out half of the original aluminum. The actual metal case is probably the same thickness or close.

So a lightweight/reasonable performance Macbook line and a little heavier/high performance Macbook Pro makes so much more sense.

Forever people have said that they would prefer a heavier laptop with a bigger battery and for better or worse, companies have generally ignored that. I don't think it's really a "pro" issue either way.

But basically, for a laptop to be half the thickness and equivalently strong it will need the structure to be twice as heavy, as the skins and webbing need to be twice as thick. That leaves even less room for battery, quiet fans and replaceable components, a high price to pay for something which is labeled "Pro".

It's far from clear that this is 'simple'.

I was going to rebut this statement as useless (my instincts were telling me that it should be under 10% of the total built-in battery), then I did the math. Your typical high capacity charging pack providing 15,000 mAh actually has almost double the capacity of a built in battery for the 13" MBP.

15,000 mAh * 5V / 1000 = 75 watt-hours

Compared to ~50 watt-hours for the MBP

I'll say that again. A sub $50 battery pack provides almost double the battery life of the one built into a $1,500 laptop.

It would be less, given the (dis)charging efficiency. Quick look at search results suggests about 80% (so ~60Wh), which is still nice for that price though.

They have optimized for thinness and lightness where those should be nice bonuses on a machine focused on being a fantastic work machine for professional developers. Not a machine focused on being thin and light that developers can "make due" with.

I think i would be bothered by missing F keys more…

> Vintage supports these ctrl key bindings:

  * Ctrl+[: Escape
  [... others]

VSCodeVim doesn't have it by default, but it's an option. https://github.com/VSCodeVim/Vim#usectrlkeys

If you need Escape, there is always a way to get it. Whether you bind the touch bar top-left to Escape (which you should in an editing application basically and nowhere else) or you use the widely-held Ctrl-[ default bind from your favorite Vim mode. Plus, the agency of being able to dynamically rebind the rest of the keys or use it as a separate HUD could be seen as useful.

I agree the MacBookPro 2016 is bad. But this is a stupid reason to think it's bad.

You also forgot about the vga, mouse/kb ports, also no slot for CF cards :(

How am I supposed to connect to a printer with this pro machine? It has no printer port.