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bigmike said:

....Actually, it would be super cool to create interchangeable modules that the PRO user could swap, given their needs.

Hmmm back to the future and the great powerbook G3 pismo:

"The left expansion bay...could only take a battery , but the right bay was able to accommodate a...Combo Drive or SuperDrive, a Zip 100 drive, a Zip 250 drive, an LS-120 SuperDisk drive, a VST floppy disk drive, a second hard drive..., or a second battery"  [this isn't completely correct as the left bay could actually take any module except the larger CD/DVD drives]

With a battery in both the left and right hand bays I could get 9hrs of work, which was pretty good for 1999/2000.  In spite of history, I am not really convinced that this is the way to go for the next MBP models, as the tendency is clearly to externalize as many extras as possible via USB / Thunderbolt etc


On the headphone jack debate: I use mine daily and do not really want to carry around yet another adapter.  I would prefer to see the port retained.

My real issue is timing. My 2012 MacbookPro is showing signs of an early death and I want a new model soonest, with significantly more processing speed and RAM (to cope with GIS) than is available in the current models