It seems to me that if a minimalist architect ever designed a notebook, then Apple's notebooks are it. Unfortunately users around the world are not interested in minimalist. They like to see slots and holes and lights and lots of other extra stuff that they think they should get for the extra money they're paying out. Buyers don't like to think they're getting less for their money. I think those new MacBook Pros are absolutely fantastic from the inside out. That circuit board layout is a thing of simplicity and the outside is just so clean. But then again I'm a diehard Mac User since 1984. I like things clean and simple. I do wish that Apple could have put an SDHC slot without ruining the lines, but I'll have to settle for a clean, solid and minimalist notebook instead. There doesn't appear to be anything that can fall off or break when I take a long, hard look at them.
Still, they won't sell to the majority of Windows notebook users who demand slots and fingerprint readers and Intel stickers all over their machines. They just feel they're getting more for their money from a $400 computer with lots of extras even if their machines fall apart in a month. More people are proud of buying cheap in these rough economic times.
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