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: 5 Nov 2016 18:40:51 GMT Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <6IadnYkzx_ArWonFnZ2dnUU7-T-dnZ2d@giganews.com> <1mvw3gm.u7l0d31pdg2rjN%nmassello@yahoo.com> <301020161159405514%star@sky.net> <7ICdnfHlzNnBv4vFnZ2dnUU7-INQAAAA@giganews.com> <5L6dndmlf7af8YvFnZ2dnUU7-N3NnZ2d@giganews.com> <311020161817015968%nospam@nospam.invalid> <011120161726116846%nospam@nospam.invalid> <031120160025078989%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net zC7HSCrv5cb2PgLxcUKFwwZdMXHVhIoF9bo4w1By+e1Ho/H/zJ Cancel-Lock: sha1:7t5Fev+oeWYYo8rFCyGWt2O8Y0U= sha1:7mAkZbBm4qmy5VCUGkCDdR7rrOs= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.2.1 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:96515 Alan Browne wrote: > On 2016-11-03 00:25, nospam wrote: >> In article , Alan Browne >> wrote: >> >>>>> Just don't call it a "Pro". >>>> >>>> This will come as a shock to you, but you are not the arbiter of what is >>>> and is not "Pro". >>> >>> I can call it what I like. >> >> and you can be wrong. >> >>> The MBP as configured is a high powered MBA. >> >> nope. not even close. >> >>> It lacks all that is needed for the power user. >> >> like the wide gamut retina display that's also both brighter and has a >> higher contrast ratio, an insanely fast ssd, four usb-c 3.0 gen 2 ports >> that double as thunderbolt 3 and can drive *two* 5k displays or *four* >> 4k displays. >> >> oh wait. it has all of that. > > I'll grant you that it is well endowed in those areas. It is not > endowed with the memory that a power user would desire. Nonsense. Many power users are fine with 16GB of RAM. In fact most of the tech professionals I know are in this group. You just refuse to acknowledge that there are many types of power users who don't share your opinion. And your lack of acknowledgement of this fact doesn't change that reality. -- 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