I’m with you. I’m sill rocking a 15" MBP from 2012. After 7 years this machine is starting to show its age a little, and I was getting increasingly worried about the viability of a future Apple laptop purchase.
After speccing out a machine that I’d expect to last me another 7 years (base CPU, 32 GB RAM, 8 GB GPU, 2 TB SSD), it looks like I’m staring down the barrel of a $3700 price tag. Definitely not something I’m equipped for right now, or even in the near future, but I’m breathing a sigh of relief that Apple seems to at least be paying a modicum of attention to the people they expect to actually use their products, rather than how visually nifty they can make them. I need a computer I can do work on, not [ A E S T H E T I C ].
Now just bring back the MagSafe adapter, FFS.
I’ve got a news flash for you: refurbished pre-owned computers are always cheaper than actual brand new machines. Apple’s own prices for new machines haven’t changed much in the past decade. My MBP cost me about $3K back in 2012. The machine you bought cost at least that much when it was released. If you wait 5 years, I’m sure you’ll be able to find used 2019 16" MBPs on used computer sites for drastic discounts.
