Now, I am a mac user and have had my MBP for about 2 years now. I have enjoyed the machine greatly and have used it everyday during my commute to New York City. I was thinking of upgrading to a new machine and giving my wife my older computer, but with the recent announcements from apple, I am thinking twice.
Why? Because of 2 things that they changed. First, no expresscard slot. Really? What about all of us users that have expresscards that we use on our MBP’s? Do we just dream ourselves into Appleland where we don’t need those silly cards anymore? What did we gain for this sacrifice? An SD slot, seriously? Most PC laptops have 2 SD slots along with the expresscard slot. Why can they do it and apple can’t? Probably because Apple doesn’t want to understand people that use their computers in the “real” world.
The real world leads into my second problem with the new laptops and that is the lack of a user replaceable battery. While I do know that it can be replaced by opening up the case and manually replacing the battery, not only does it void the warranty, but it doesn’t make sense for those that fly a lot or might be at a conference. Just having the ability to swap a dead battery for a fully charged one is one of the greatest things about laptops in my opinion. If we have to plug them into the wall for power all the time when the battery goes dead, then what is the use?
In all seriousness Apple needs to wakeup and make something consumers really want, not what they think they want. I really like OS and my current 2-year old laptop, but I don’t think I can see myself every buying another one again.
Apples new MacBook family: non-removable batteries, lower prices.
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