Some people seem to think that the MacBook is only for developers and Apple is obliged to listen to only their feedback. News flash: world doesn't revolve around hacker news.<p>Let's be honest for a moment. Apple has never in the history been the one to wait for market to adapt to some new technology. They have been the one who immediately puts it on their products and gets rid of the old standards. Everybody has known this for years so this really shouldn't surprise anyone.<p>Generally speaking whether you like it or not, no one really cares if the ESC button is on the touchbar instead of being traditional physical button. Even fewer people care if there are ridiculous 32GB models available when most devs dont even need 16GB. Not to mention average consumers.<p>If Apple would give you guys 32GB option then people would cry why they can't get 64GB option. If the new MacBook wouldn't have touchbar then people would complain why Apple isn't innovating anymore etc.<p>What Apple is doing with their new MacBook is what Apple has been doing with their products for decades. If you don't like it feel free to switch to other laptops and run Win10 or Linux. But we all know you won't. You'll buy this MacBook sooner or later, then in 2018 when Apple releases new models you'll be here complaining about something again and you'll still buy that one as well.
USB C is the best thing that's come out of the USB Implementers' Forum in a long time. I can't wait till all of my equipment does everything - power delivery, video display, arbitrary high speed data exchange- through identical ports.<p>I'll be traveling for 6 weeks soon, and if my camera and kindle used USB C, I'd be very happy.
But what's a good alternative? I really don't like the new MBP but it looks like I'm going to have to suck it up and buy it anyway because it's time for an upgrade.<p>I wish there was a slim Linux compatible laptop out there with decent battery life, display and trackpad.
But the new model surprisingly hasn't had any increase in memory, sticking to a somewhat frustrating limit of 16GB, something that won't come as welcome news to VM users, or graphics and video designers.
With the latest NVIDIA and Intel chipsets and with built-to-order options of up to 128GB on board memory, it's firmly positioned in the hi-end laptop market segment.
Would be interesting to know, a few months from now, the percentage of those complaining that actually switched to Linux/Windows and bought a non-Apple laptop.<p>Apple has always done this. Always. In the end people adapt and things progress.
Button forgot to mention: "It's likely that these changes were not possible had it not been for the unceremonious departure of Jonathan Ive - who had obviously lost his keen design touch years earlier."
About the escape key, is it not possible to place a digital version of it in the touch bar?... not defending apple I'm also not happy with this MBP but I think at least that can be worked around.
I still like Apple products.<p>Will I buy a new Apple product--probally not, but will buy used.<p>I look at the shiny, miniminslistic Apple Stores. I look at their products, and I just get this picture in my mind.<p>The picture is Steve Jobs throwing phones/computers/watches right against his glass office windows. (He know the windows are shatterproof). His blood pressure is off the charts. He knows he needs to calm down, and make a bunch of changes at his company.<p>He is so upset with the hardware; he isn't even yelling about the software bugs, or the weird direction the company is going in. I picture him yelling, "We are not a democracy here--you listen to me. We are not Google. We are not a company with too many chiefs. I'm the chief! We do it this way! Oh, yea--we do listen to some of our customers. We are not in the 90's. People have changed. Let's not irritate our better customers?"<p>I picture employees tip-toeing around that office--until they produce a produce a product that is up to Apple standards. They know they need to produce the perfect product. A device, even Job's, won't find fault in. They know Apple bugs are just expected to be fixed quickly. They know Apple only produces the best devices. And then, and only then can Apple put a huge price on the package.