Top poster noted exactly what many of us want: modularity. Being able to put in your own drive and RAM to whatever capacity is technically feasible is a good start. An innovative battery design might be one where the thickness of the laptop increased when a larger capacity battery (attached to the bottom) is chosen. The forthcoming OWC machined aluminum battery/port case offers relevant insight here, and such a solution devised instead by Apple would be clearly superior.

Those who have been around long enough know no huge company, Apple included, is innocent of releasing sub-optimal products from time to time. I have personally bought and returned two 15" 2016 MBP's (one had an actual keyboard defect whereby one of the keys became temporarily stuck in the down position) and do plan on buying Apple products in the future on the expectation that any current shortcomings will be addressed in reasonable time.

Apple is a solid company and they are not going anywhere. The question is, where will the users head? As an established geezer, I'll probably be using what we know of as 'laptops' for the next 5 years, at least.