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I have been using one of the flagships Nokia Lumia phones for more than two years - as an experiment - before reverting back to the iPhone. First with OS 8.1, than 10. And read Windows Central every day, a sort of Apple Insider. Although all the comments expressed hope, frustration was getting stronger with every new version of 10. Microsoft just couldn't get it to work - on their phones - without an enormous amount of bugs. Every iteration of the OS removed some bugs but usually brought a shit load of new ones. For two years I really believed Microsoft would finally fix it until one day I decided it was enough. I liked the phone with its OLED screen and beautiful camera and - when it worked - it's nice looking interface. I really don't get Microsoft on this. 

I don't seem to reed it in this article. Is this a winner, or is it an OK laptop for a very high price?

StrangeDays said:

bloggerblog said:

I hate how Apple entices their professional customers then abandons them. Or as with the New MacBook Pro strip out pro features and keeps the "pro" moniker.

Hmm what pro features are being on the new MBP? Legacy ports? Not a pro feature, try again. SD slot? Again not a pro feature since that's a consumer format and all my pro gear is CF anyway. So what, exactly? What feature did they remove that make it non-pro? The network jack? The CD-ROM drive? The floppy?

Such nonsense. I'm a pro and I love slim notebooks that don't weigh very much, because I write software and use wifi and don't need to plug in any old firewire crap or what have you. Slim is light which makes it easier to move my mobile when I'm, you know, mobile. So please, stop the public crying, it won't get you anywhere. I doubt you even own a new MBP so it's frivolous anyway.

Still, al this defending Apple is strange. After waiting for years they bring out two MacBooks (I'm not counting the stripped down version) with - well, one might say - somewhat disappointing features. And al the other computer stuff is still waiting at least two years, perhaps even more, for upgrades. I am not talking about a complete new design, just an upgrade. These upgrades happend on a far more frequent base before. So that people complain and don't understand, I get. Doesn't anyone? Why? Why is Apple not on top of things like before? Silently, suddenly, upgrading a complete line of iMacs with the latest and the greatest as was the habit. Why not anymore? So people wonder. Is Apple abandoning the computers? Getting rid of Mac OS X? All very reasonable questions in the light of the recent behavior of Apple. Not? 

It is still hurting Apple that they ar not, or veeeery slowly, updating their computer lineup. Others will take advantage however small the piece it is they take.