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Alternate comment: How's about commenting on the actual substance and not whining about the headline?

Sure, he's asking for a pony in some ways, but they're making pro machines with displays that don't do what they say or anything "pro" for that matter.

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It's not just the headline. Who makes a purchase decision base on a product being called "pro"? It must be very confusing for him when he visits a supermarket and encounters words all over the place like "new", "improved", "better", "more", "bigger"...

A lot of people do exactly that. Marketers use those those terms and graphical callouts because they work, not out of some altruistic desire to keep copywriters and graphic designers gainfully employed. I resent the time it takes to process all these claims when I go shopping, but people like you and me are a minority among the buying public.

> Who makes a purchase decision base on a product being called "pro"?

Actually, as he explained in the article, he made the decision based on specs, and weight.

OK. But he apparently had some expectation related to the Pro nomenclature: I complained that it was a Pro machine, and should be treated as such.

I'd say that the Pro nomenclature is meant to raise expectations anyway, and it's certainly true that Macs are used almost exclusively by his kind of professionals. Not an unreasonable expectation then.

I believe that's what his alternate headline was doing. Saves you from also having to read the post unless you liked the constant whining and childish ranting from the blogger.

That's the problem. A lot of HN readers would look at the top comment to decide whether the article is worth a read. jonknee's comment does not provide much value in this regard. It's somewhat disparaging and reminiscent of comments you'd find from fanboys on Engadget or similar site.

The author makes a point that it's hard to believe an extremely well-regarded company like Apple would fail to disclose the true color depth of their panels or that the millions of colors are generated by dithering rather than the native capability of the monitor. I do agree though that his article was rather long for the point he made. There was some entertainment value in the length but it was not value a typical HN reader would seek

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