We both don't have the numbers to justifiably talk about the actual failure rate, so I can only base my judgement on reports and 2nd hand stories. The point I was trying to make was for Apple to ship a newly design keyboard, it really should be a bit more trouble free than the rate that I have seen as it is such a crucial part of a professional machine.
We have plenty of basis for what I said about a large majority liking the new keyboard, and that failures are a small fraction of the reasons for complaints. That can be seen in the polling and threads about the keyboard and its problems. What basis do you have for thinking failures are above an average or acceptable rate?
This is the circular logic that both sides of argument always fall into. The "general design goals of" my MBP is different than yours. But as explained in my previous reply, even if that goal was not to make the most graphically powerful laptop on earth, but at least it has to be reasonably sufficient to handle specific professional tasks, which with the longer MBP update cycle this is increasingly harder to achieve. It essentially alienates the MBP from being even a choice for the upper segments which I'd argue Apple used to at least cater to.
Nothing circular in what I said, which is about Apple's design goals, not mine. This can be determined from Apple's own comments, as well as their actions.
The update cycle isn't as long as you may think. There has been a new MBP every year since it began. That's comparable to the competition, and better than the Dell XPS, the most direct competition, which skipped 2016.
And you are aware that they shipped much less than 100wh on the current 15", where the previous one had like 99.5wh? I do not know if this is the result of the Bloomberg terraced battery saga, but regardless, the ultimate reason for the chassis change was very likely to trim down thinness in the first place which later created the battery situation. And I have to stress, portability is of course an important value in a laptop, but if it comes at the expense of other factors then many will consider it an unnecessary compromise.
I'm aware that the new 15" has a smaller battery but already has space for a larger one. It doesn't need to be thicker for that. And it already gets better battery life than the 2015 for light and moderate use, which is what people usually depend on the battery for.
I don't think the nay sayers are as misinformed as you think, but even if they were, the point of the matter is that the MBP2016 is by design positioned to only serve a certain range of professionals, and these folks can only look at the tasks that are thrown at them to make a subjective claim of whether or not the MBP is sufficient.
Objectively, the new MBP is significantly more powerful than the previous version in regard to graphics-intensive work, has better battery life, has a better screen, a faster SSD, runs cooler and more quietly, has Touch ID, and has more powerful, flexible ports and twice the external monitor support. And it's more portable. There's nothing it can't do, with some adapters, that previous models could, but the reverse isn't true--the earlier models can't do all the new model can no matter what you attach to them. Objectively, then, it's more pro in many important respects. The ways in which some few complain it isn't as pro as before are rather few and small by comparison.
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I amongst many are hoping for the change...
I gather you've gotten over your complaining about me using the word "many" that way. We'll see if
@SteveJUAE complains about it now!
Your preferences are in the minority, judging from comments and polling here and elsewhere. You need to adjust to that and stop acting as though Apple should cater to you instead of the majority of its customer base.
It's not, equally why do you need to constantly put a derogatory spin on any post that does nor align with your own opinion or Apple's? Personally I can stand by my opinion, if you read deeper you would understand why...
I understand why, thus my remarks about your hurt feelings, which you just expressed again. I have nothing against your subjective preferences. The facts don't align with the factual claims you make as a result of those feelings, though.
