I currently use a Mac Studio, MacBook Pro 16" Intel, and a MacBook Pro 16" M1 Pro. I have an older Mac Pro too, that I'm phasing out for the Mac Studio.
I'm ok with the bulkiness. I need the most performance, most battery life, most ports, as good of a keyboard as we can get, and the best screen possible. Apple obsessed over thinness for too long, to the point that it was a literal detriment. Maybe the rumored 15" Air will be perfect for those who want something better than a 13" Air, but were happy with thin/light designs of the previous generation, but I'm a "pro" and need the most Apple can stuff in a computer.
I had to hold onto my 17" MacBook Pro for 10 years, because I didn't like that Apple had done with the follow 2 generations of computers (The original Retinas, and the USB-C models). They didn't win me over until the 16" MacBook Pro was released, and still that thing was flawed thermally, because it was too thin for the chipset it has. Had the Intel 16" been the same design as the M1 Pro models, it would perform differently.
The same goes for the Mac Pro. The 2013 Mac Pro was really just a Mac mini Pro. They should have started that out as the Mac Studio name, as it would have been a better fit. I kept my 2010 Mac Pro all the way up to the begging of 2023 (which is insane for a "pro" level machine), because I was waiting for the tower Pro to return, then when it did, I was waiting for the 2nd generation to release so I could get the 2019 Pro at a reduced price....then they announced their own chips, so then I was waiting for the Apple Silicon Mac Pro, then by 2023, I had to just give in and get a Ma Studio. As much as I love the performance of the Studio, but having several drives connect via Thunderbolt and USB to make up for the 5 drives I used to have internally in the Mac Pro (4x hard drives, plus an NVMe SSD on a PCIe card), is almost maddening. So many cables, so much to take apart if I need to rearrange things. I'd take a bulky tower ver this any day.
Anyway, I say let people choose what's best for them, but bulky for Pro and thin for consumer seems to be the best, given the physics of how tech works.
I'm ok with the bulkiness. I need the most performance, most battery life, most ports, as good of a keyboard as we can get, and the best screen possible. Apple obsessed over thinness for too long, to the point that it was a literal detriment. Maybe the rumored 15" Air will be perfect for those who want something better than a 13" Air, but were happy with thin/light designs of the previous generation, but I'm a "pro" and need the most Apple can stuff in a computer.
I had to hold onto my 17" MacBook Pro for 10 years, because I didn't like that Apple had done with the follow 2 generations of computers (The original Retinas, and the USB-C models). They didn't win me over until the 16" MacBook Pro was released, and still that thing was flawed thermally, because it was too thin for the chipset it has. Had the Intel 16" been the same design as the M1 Pro models, it would perform differently.
The same goes for the Mac Pro. The 2013 Mac Pro was really just a Mac mini Pro. They should have started that out as the Mac Studio name, as it would have been a better fit. I kept my 2010 Mac Pro all the way up to the begging of 2023 (which is insane for a "pro" level machine), because I was waiting for the tower Pro to return, then when it did, I was waiting for the 2nd generation to release so I could get the 2019 Pro at a reduced price....then they announced their own chips, so then I was waiting for the Apple Silicon Mac Pro, then by 2023, I had to just give in and get a Ma Studio. As much as I love the performance of the Studio, but having several drives connect via Thunderbolt and USB to make up for the 5 drives I used to have internally in the Mac Pro (4x hard drives, plus an NVMe SSD on a PCIe card), is almost maddening. So many cables, so much to take apart if I need to rearrange things. I'd take a bulky tower ver this any day.
Anyway, I say let people choose what's best for them, but bulky for Pro and thin for consumer seems to be the best, given the physics of how tech works.