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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by lmm on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @11:12AM (#13221102)
> I find it strange that people are complaining about the 2016, but then comparing it to laptops that were out for months, and in some cases years, when the 2015 was out, but weren't being chosen over the 2015 by the same users.

Well given that the 2016 is more expensive, has shorter battery life, and is missing a bunch of ports, one could argue that it's worse (at least for some use cases) than the 2015.

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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by BoorishBears on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @01:54PM (#13222753)
But the 2015 is still being sold, so I'd expect them to move onto the 2015 (or stay on it if they were already using it)
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Re:Tim Cook assures employees that Apple is committed to the... by Fnoord on Tuesday December 20, 2016 @03:30PM (#13223625)
It did not lower in price, so you're working with hardware of between 1 and 2 years old which on top of being old did not become cheaper.

One small advantage the 2016 version seems to have is being able to get power from either side of the laptop while the 2015 has 1x Magsafe (why on earth did they replace that) and 2 USB-C.

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