If—and I think this is possible—the only way to make a more usable machine is to take away some "power" (not the right word, but I think everybody knows what I mean), then I'm very happy for there to be more-usable-less-powerful machines, as long as there are still less-usable-more-powerful machines available, too. I'd hate to see a whole evolutionary branch of more productive/enjoyable machines be not explored just because they don't do some of the things that we like to do.

And if it is possible to achieve the same usability gains without taking away power but Apple still goes that route, then I'll be happy to see somebody beat Apple at their own game.

All this is talking about some hypothetical possible future, of course: nothing Apple's announced so far has in any way reduced the capability of Macs. But, yes, such a route does seem more "on the table" today than it seemed a week ago.