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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch review: Apple’s mighty Macs by tlholaday on Monday October 25, 2021 @10:17AM (#28988055)
> What does pro even mean?

It means “the materials and manufacturing budget is increased to allow the designers to push the diminishing-returns boundary further.”

For competitive use-cases, where an increase in capability makes the difference between winning and losing, paying the increased cost of the more capable tool is a sound tactic.

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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch review: Apple’s mighty Macs by greenwoman on Monday October 25, 2021 @10:27AM (#28988176)
That's meaningless marketing nonsense.
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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch review: Apple’s mighty Macs by dangus on Monday October 25, 2021 @10:31AM (#28988229)
And it's been called the MacBook Pro for 15 years, I think it's time to get over it.
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Re:MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch review: Apple’s mighty Macs by ghaff on Monday October 25, 2021 @11:22AM (#28988825)
It was admittedly likely a more meaningful distinction when a plain (white) MacBook was clearly much more oriented towards students and casual users than professionals using it day to day for business purposes.
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