05-06-2015, 04:08 PM
Function first, with form following function. This is why the new Mini is horridly designed - it has the same external form and function with greatly reduced internal function.
The MacPro's current design is questionable but I'd love to do a poll (OK, maybe I'll set one up here) to see what people are connecting externally to their iTrashcanPro which would have fit internally on the older Pros.
The whole Retina-is-upgradable schtick with the laptops is bloody annoying but at least it *has* a function - to keep travel weight down and the memory subsystem is a bit faster with soldered in RAM. Still, how bloody hard would it be for Apple to keep one current gen 13" and 15" MBPro retina config using the older heavier modular design?
We get mostly professional level Dell desktops and laptops and the USFF Dell desktops are very nice though I have get to see a quad core option from them so they are better than the Minis only in some ways. The full size desktops are the modular design many of us would like for our Mac Midis. You don't spend your time looking at desktop computer unless it's an AIO like the iMac, so desktop form factor is a big meh.
Dell laptop designs are pretty functional, with little concern for form and that is where they fail miserably. You do spend a lot of time looking at your laptop and that's where Apple has hit it's home run - the laptop designs are pretty damn good with very good to excellent function following excellent form. Since most people never upgrade theirs, I believe they have made the right design choices for the vast majority of users.
The issue comes from the minority of us who like a bit of upgradability. Put another way, we still want to max out our Mac but would rather do it over time for less $ instead of up front for more $$$.
The MacPro's current design is questionable but I'd love to do a poll (OK, maybe I'll set one up here) to see what people are connecting externally to their iTrashcanPro which would have fit internally on the older Pros.
The whole Retina-is-upgradable schtick with the laptops is bloody annoying but at least it *has* a function - to keep travel weight down and the memory subsystem is a bit faster with soldered in RAM. Still, how bloody hard would it be for Apple to keep one current gen 13" and 15" MBPro retina config using the older heavier modular design?
We get mostly professional level Dell desktops and laptops and the USFF Dell desktops are very nice though I have get to see a quad core option from them so they are better than the Minis only in some ways. The full size desktops are the modular design many of us would like for our Mac Midis. You don't spend your time looking at desktop computer unless it's an AIO like the iMac, so desktop form factor is a big meh.
Dell laptop designs are pretty functional, with little concern for form and that is where they fail miserably. You do spend a lot of time looking at your laptop and that's where Apple has hit it's home run - the laptop designs are pretty damn good with very good to excellent function following excellent form. Since most people never upgrade theirs, I believe they have made the right design choices for the vast majority of users.
The issue comes from the minority of us who like a bit of upgradability. Put another way, we still want to max out our Mac but would rather do it over time for less $ instead of up front for more $$$.