Re:On 2016 Apple: What do “Pro” users want?
by slantyyz on Wednesday November 16, 2016 @03:37PM
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fta>> "What is a Pro user?"
I'm not sure this is as important than what the "Pro" suffix has implicitly meant to a significant group of users in the past. From Apple's perspective, the meaning seems to have changed a little ("premium model" vs "powerful + flexible"), and that's irked a lot of people.
fta>> "This Macbook Pro is a great machine and, with USB-C ports, is future proof."
It is a great machine, and it is future proof, but it's also "present-unfriendly". IMO, Apple should have treated 2016 as a "bridge" year and left a legacy port or two, and then done away with legacy ports a year later, but that's just me.
I'm not sure this is as important than what the "Pro" suffix has implicitly meant to a significant group of users in the past. From Apple's perspective, the meaning seems to have changed a little ("premium model" vs "powerful + flexible"), and that's irked a lot of people.
fta>> "This Macbook Pro is a great machine and, with USB-C ports, is future proof."
It is a great machine, and it is future proof, but it's also "present-unfriendly". IMO, Apple should have treated 2016 as a "bridge" year and left a legacy port or two, and then done away with legacy ports a year later, but that's just me.