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This was inevitable, regardless of how Mac sales are doing. The classic MacBook Pro design has no place in 2014's lineup, and you've got to get a $1700 laptop to a $1200 price point somehow.

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If they do phase out the non-retina MBPs, that means none of Apple's laptops will have ethernet ports. On a "pro" machine, for the sake of shaving off a millimeter or two.

High-resolution displays are great, but Apple's fetish for thinness is causing some unfortunate side effects.

Thunderbolt to GigE adapter is only $20 or so. I don't consider the reduction in thinness in exchange for the removal of a port I rarely use to be that unfortunate.

At least for $29 you can get the Thunderbolt-GigE adapter, I keep one attached to the patch cable in my bag.

I appreciate the speed and flexibility of TB and think it will pick up momentum as more and more people end up with ultraportables and other thin machines.

There's the thunderbolt-GigE adapter. Or alternatively, you can carry one of these for all your peripheral needs:

http://www.belkin.com/us/thunderbolt

Another side effect is the lack of Kensington lock slots on the Retina and Airs.

This really bothered me when I found out. I was in a coffee ship working and was forced to pack up my back every time I needed to use the bathroom. The two solutions out there, one from kensington and the macbracket, are poor substitutes for having a kensington slot.

Maybe your usage has outgrown camping out in coffee shops...

huh?

The Thunderbolt adapter is, what, $30? I don't see a compelling need for this to be built in.

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