RobJenk

Skyscraper-like capacitors inside that thing!

I happen to agree with you, Jdw.  So many people, especially in this forum, defend every decision Apple makes, right or wrong.  Fact is a lot of those pro features you mention are important to me, and it's a crying shame some of them were eliminated from the late 2016 and 2017 MacBook Pros.  We can all argue which features are or aren't important to "us" but I still think that much of what Apple delete is still in the realm of Pro.  The only way we can get those pro features now is to get an iMac.  But I already have one of those.

I also think there's still a place for a larger screen too.  A 17" MacBook Pro model filled with slots and ports would be a dream.

jdw said:

Although the cause of death has not been released, one cannot entirely dismiss the possibility of trouble within Apple having driven this young gentleman over the edge. That remains true even if pressure and stress doesn't cause "most people" to take their lives. Consider a software engineer suicide from Apple's past...

http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/12/business/marketer-s-dream-engineer-s-nightmare.html

Although SIRI may have had nothing to do with this recent death at all, SIRI is in many ways is terribly flawed, not too unlike handwriting recognition on the Newton. The pressure within Apple to create the insanely great may very often drive the engineering geniuses behind it to the edge of sanity.

I don't usually post here for fear of getting attacked like you. But this time I need to step out of the shadows and say something. I am confused at why so many here have quoted your post only so they can then go on a rant about posts like yours. What you wrote is basically true, for goodness sake. I for one appreciate the link to that past suicide. Not that there's any connection, of course. I just never knew that. Thank you for your post. And please don't feel depressed over what others here think of you. You have an important voice too. If we are to help others who many be contemplating taking their life, we need to show some kindness toward each other, not hate. We don't need to name-call and cast "moron" as a stone against others. "The dumbest post I've ever read" is another stone. And we wonder why some people take their lives! Live and let live. Try to love others as you love yourself, which is very hard to do I might add. Somebody talked about "respect for the dead." Well, the dead don't care about respect because they are, well, dead. What we really mean when we say that is have respect for people who know the dead. But since I don't think many of those people are here, we should never get this upset over what others post. It's not like anyone here has tried to humiliate or debase the deceased. And we certainly shouldn't resort to name-calling. If anything is "unbelievable" it is the vitriol I see in this forum, with a few forum members slamming other forum members. As Rodney King once said, "Can't we all just get along?"