> The problem is that reducing thickness is a selling point/feature for a lot of people on Apple products
Is this actually true? Like...is there a material population of customers who really care about this? Not joking. I know zero people who care about that, at least for laptops. (I don't use an iPhone, so I don't pay attention to that side of things.)
>> Is this actually true? Like...is there a material population of customers who really care about this?
Based on my memory of mac-related laptop threads I've seen on HN, I believe it is. It sorta begs the question - if it wasn't worth some marketing appeal, why would Apple keep making devices thinner?
Personally I prefer a bigger laptop for a Macbook Pro (think 2012 and earlier unibodies), but I tend to think I'm in the minority.
I used to think this, then acquired a Macbook Air from work. Its is actually quite nice when traveling with only hand luggage to squeeze the laptop into a relatively full bag, yet you still have a big screen and keyboard. Not sure I would pay a lot more for that if I was paying myself, but it is nice to have.
For Airs, I can definitely buy that. (I owned an 11" for a while. It was great.) But it's more the 15" rMBP that I'm curious about. Like--you're not spending $2K on a computer to not use it, and the thinner it is, the more you're not going to be able to use it, yeah? It's weird.
Is this actually true? Like...is there a material population of customers who really care about this? Not joking. I know zero people who care about that, at least for laptops. (I don't use an iPhone, so I don't pay attention to that side of things.)