Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: New Mac Keyboard with Touchbar? Date: 30 Oct 2016 23:13:26 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <1mvvjae.gd6s9g18ejs0oN%nmassello@yahoo.com> <6IadnYkzx_ArWonFnZ2dnUU7-T-dnZ2d@giganews.com> <1mvw3gm.u7l0d31pdg2rjN%nmassello@yahoo.com> <301020161159405514%star@sky.net> <7ICdnfHlzNnBv4vFnZ2dnUU7-INQAAAA@giganews.com> <5L6dndmlf7af8YvFnZ2dnUU7-N3NnZ2d@giganews.com> <2NKdnWxt1a157ovFnZ2dnUU7-fednZ2d@giganews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net MnD0XYmnAuNlEig/Ud6fPAD0/ylZ23ElbUTq0pHuUuijXaR3Yw Cancel-Lock: sha1:tmj4Aysr8SEU7NpGzFZgrKabsVM= Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:96239 On 2016-10-30, Alan Browne wrote: > On 2016-10-30 18:41, Jolly Roger wrote: >> On 2016-10-30, Alan Browne wrote: >>> On 2016-10-30 18:03, Jolly Roger wrote: >>>> On 2016-10-30, Alan Browne wrote: >>>>> On 2016-10-30 17:42, Jolly Roger wrote: >>>>>> On 2016-10-30, Alan Browne wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>> Yet, there it is. Form defeats function. Result: smaller battery and >>>>>>> an imposed limit on memory size. If the MBP had been thicker nobody >>>>>>> would complain >>>>>> >>>>>> I'll posit a significant number of Apple's customers actually do want >>>>>> lighter and thinner devices. They would likely complain. Others might >>>>>> complain for other reasons. Expecting Apple to please everyone is a >>>>>> losing proposition. >>>>> >>>>> Had the MBP been thick enough to accommodate a battery that would permit >>>>> adequate run time with 32 GB RAM it would not have affected "that >>>>> significant number" of people at all. >>>>> >>>>> Doubling the memory ≠ doubling the battery volume and even less overall >>>>> additional thickness to the case. >>>> >>>> Yes, I realize you think you know better than everyone at Apple. I'm >>>> just not inclined to believe you. : ) >>> >>> As you like - of course you snipped out the main point. Call this >>> anything except an MBP and I'll applaud its lightness and thinness and >>> niceness and goodness all sorts of other esses. >> >> Have fun with that. I'm under no illusion my personal desires should >> override what Apple decides to name their products. And I couldn't care >> less about product names anyhow, since I purchased based on other >> specifications. > > Perfectly put. And so those who have in the past relied on higher spec > laptops from Apple are now to do what? Wait for the Über-Pro? They should vote with their wallets, of course. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR