In particular the removal of the magsafe power connector is maddening. By far my favorite feature of Macbooks and they removed it because??
Apple is not shy when it comes to using proprietary ports - so I don't really buy this argument.
We can look at the iPhone 7 and it's proprietary non-USB connector as clear evidence they don't mind running proprietary connectors.
There was not a single proprietary port on the old MB Pro, except for MagSafe, which isn't really even a port, but instead a power interface.
Zero.
So somehow that means Apple hates proprietary ports?
Besides, the Thunderbolt ports might as well have been proprietary given the small number of non-apple devices that used them.
For those that it is useful for it is a big deal.
And to their credit, they created the lightning port before USB type-C even existed.
In particular the removal of the magsafe power connector
Still, there's always this: https://griffintechnology.com/intl/breaksafe-magnetic-usb-c-...
However I still find the fact that I'd have to pay an extra $35 for an incredibly useful feature which apple decided to kill very unpleasant. Their product is not cheaper. So I end up subsidizing their stupidity. Or worse, their choice to not give a damn about my needs.
But if you look at the development of iPhone sales [1], they pretty much peaked in 2015. Q1 2016 was only a rounding error away from the top in 2015 and YoY 2016 sales are very much down. That doesn't seem like a hot growing market anymore.
[1]: http://www.statista.com/graphic/5/263401/global-apple-iphone...
Intel isn't focusing very well on his category of product. Most of the PC OEMs have similar challenges -- faster laptops are bigger, have worse battery life and usually shittier screens.
If they are projecting a great 4th quarter with only a 2-3% drop off in Q1 2017, it's a runaway hit. Q1 is death for computer sales.
I'm not sure how much to extract from this article but it seems a leap to state definitively that "the notebooks have been selling extremely well" and that concerns are mostly bullshit. I have no dog in the fight as I am fine with the MBP overall, but this article cites no hard data. And the sole quote from Apple references only initial sales at their online store. That's good news but it doesn't speak definitively to overall initial sales, let alone multi-month/longer-term sales. The only other quote is from an MBP supply component company and is encouraging but ambiguous and isn't about actual sales but its own internal forecasts.
MBP sales may indeed turn out to be great and these are apparently good signals as to potential, but it'd be premature to conclude from these reports that it is selling "great", relative to either historical periods or to particular expectations, let alone that it will continue to do so if it is.
They'll take the battery out of the phone to make it 2mm thinner...and then you get to plug it in via dongle. #courage
Isn't it expected that many people will wait for the iPhone 8 (also iPhone's 10 year anniversary) because Apple probably waits with releasing new features for this version?
To developers to the hipsters they are "FANTASTIC!"
Apple doesn't think they need developer specific tools. Personally 90% of what I ever see is Apple products at Open Source conventions and developer conferences.