bsbeamer

Troubling sign that OWC is buying out all of these "competitors" and product developers.  Prices on these products will continue to climb now that they are part of the OWC portfolio.  They sell some decent products, but OWC has been deceptive with RAM sales in the past (labeling and selling used modules as NEW) and have a hard time trusting them for large purchases because of that.  If they were just honest about their practices, would be easier to trust them (even at their inflated prices).

It does not appear these artists came out and complained.  It appears they were interviewed, specifically asked a question, and honestly answered.  Far different than many of these comments are painting the picture.

Literally could care less what the "box" looks like.  Drop the optical bay and anyone who expects it to include one is already going to be disappointed.  Fine if they drop SATA too.

Give us 4+ PCIe 3.0+ slots, 2+ M.2/NVMe slots, 2xCPU (or expansion to dual+), slots for 128GB+ RAM, 4+ USB 3/USB C, then throw in audio (optical and/or 3.5mm) and a PSU.  Use some screws to hold in place and nothing should be glued.  Call it a day.  Seriously don't know what the delay or big deal needs to be... oh, right... that TB3 "thing" that can't handle x16 speeds and isn't even necessary on this kind of machine.

Apple: you have been talking to the wrong people if your 2+ year professional focus group resulted in this design/concept.  You could have just updated the logic board/motherboard on the MP5,1 and made a lot more new unit sales between 2015/2016 and now.  That would have been enough for 75%+ of the people using MP's right now.  This continued delay and lingering promise has set expectations extremely high, especially for those on the edge of jumping ship.

Security Update 2019-001 for High Sierra 10.13.6 is also available.  This is build 17G5019.