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This is a far better price for an iPad, and the A9 is still a stellar SoC.

I still don't know why Apple insists on charging so much more for the mobile data enabled model. 5 years ago $130 was reasonable, but today that should be a bit more reasonable.

Another Tory saying something is happening, that appears to lack evidence that this is happening. Key phrase "we sadly know" == "I have no clue, but I guess it's happening", for example.

This is Tory modus operandi. And without an opposition party in government right now this will continue.

But we are living in a post-factual world, where evidence and experts count for nothing, and dogma and hunches are all that matter.

My only opinion is that this first generation of USB-C only MacBook Pros should have come with a free USB C-A adaptor in the box. On the other hand, a USB C to USB A hub is a tenner, in various formats (quad USB 3, USB C/3/2/2, etc). So maybe it's not really an issue. Shame they're not Space Grey. However I think that people need a period of consistency in the USB plug. Type C has to live for at least 10 years and be backward/forward compatible to USB 4, 5...) I'll miss Magsafe terribly. I truly hope someone makes a Mini-Dock with MagSafe, Ethernet, a miniDP, some USB Type As. In fact, Apple should have had this ready for this release - a low end dock suitable for most consumers.

The price is too high, although at least the components - CPU aside - are good. And at least you are guaranteed a real GPU on the 15" now.

I can't see Apple wanting to stay beholden to Intel's crappy expensive line of mobile processors for much longer. They are restricted by software compatibility requirements right now. I'm sure they are working on it.

Because let's admit it, the reason we think the 13" MacBook is poor is because it is still a dual-core 2GHz CPU. In the time that mobile chips running at 5W have gone from single core at 1GHz to many-cores at over 2GHz, Intel have gone from two cores at around 2GHz and 25W to two cores at around 2GHz with a slightly higher boost and 10-17W.

OTOH these Macs, if looked after, now seemingly last forever and ever and ever.

I have a 2011 MBP. Apart from the lack of Retina and USB3, and using SATA (aftermarket SSD), it's still pretty good in comparison to the new releases. Still solid because of the unibody. Quad-core for a start. The Radeon GPU is around 50% of the low-end Radeon Pro 450 (both are worthless for high-end gaming). So if you buy a new MBP today, it's still $500 a year over time, $10/wk. That's not so harsh, and Apple offer 0% finance to spread the payments out too. So if you are using the laptop to earn money, the cost shouldn't put you off.

longpath said:

Why does AMD's graphic say 13 inch when only the 15 inch version gets the AMD GPUs?

I think that's Apple's graphic, that AppleInsider has used incorrectly - there's another slide for the 15".