Recently, Apple announced the new line of MacBook Pros. These new computers, which are typically geared towards professionals in the media and photography field, seem to take a step backward.
Apple has chosen to remove the SD Card slot, USB ports, HDMI ports, and other main functions that users have grown to love. Instead, they’ve replaced these functions with the infamous Thunderbolt ports. This means that a user needs to use adapters to maintain the functionality they’re used to having built in to previous models.
As a company that is known for being innovative and driving change, I can understand why Apple would choose to make these changes. I don’t, however, agree with this move. It seems like forced change, making drastic changes to give the appearance of innovation in areas that none was needed.
Apple’s loyal fans will need more than a small touch-sensor bar and a thinner laptop to be impressed, and Apple has not been delivering that. Overall, this device launch was a bit of a let down. The Pro is still a solid device, and still leads the pack of Apple’s portable computers, but there is a lot of room to grow. It will be interesting to see how apple handles future laptop releases, and if they follow through with cutting off the MacBook Air line.
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