thanx_al

but, but, but...
I want 16tb.

I too have really enjoyed this series thus far. 

And I distinctly recall the shock of the A7. It wasn't just an advance, it was a leap forward that launched Apple well ahead of rivals, some of whom only recently caught up, if they survived at all. That is when it became patently clear that the future would hold at least a two-tiered system for mobile devices: Apple being far ahead and well superior, and everyone else. It was also at this time that Apple competitors conveniently stopped comparing stupid specs like RAM and number of cores, although the stupider ones still do, along with their toadies in the tech press. I love how DED shows them for the fools they are. 

This feels like we're getting chapters of a book, which DED should consider if he hasn't already. I could see sections on iPhone, iOS, iPad, Mac, MacOS, etc. Telling the story of how Apple took over the world from a more technical point of view would be welcome.

"It was Apple who complicated things by pursuing its silly ‘thin at all costs’ mantra which undermined a generation of Macbooks. Now, with the new MacBook Pro, they are back on track"

There is far from universal consensus on this. I personally liked thin-and-light at all costs. It pushed technologies farther than they would have been if thick-and-fat were the go to standard. Did Apple go too far, maybe? But I remember the old days of thick, fat, and heavy laptops. No thanks. I can fit my 13" MBP into a folio designed for a notepad. That's what I want.  

To blogger critics who have never done anything apart from writing their opinions on a subject, the solutions are simplistic: stop making light and thin machines, go back to using a keyboard from 2015, and add more RAM! Also, be faster with less heat and don't spin those fans up! Physics are not a problem when you ignore them.

Bwahahahahaha. It took me many years to realize this when I first switched to Mac around 2008. They are a bit like lemmings with their followers parroting everything all over the place.