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What is “unnecessary feature bloat”?

Do you think something like “gosh, I _hate_ all these additional ports” about MBP 2015? There’s a reason it is still holds (not much, but) some value on second-hand market.



They did hit a sweet spot with the MBP 2015. They did have to replace my screen under a special warranty program for manufacturing defects but it's still a perfectly fine laptop I use all the time. It's a bit on the heavier side for travel and I'm sure its battery life is not what it was--and was never super in the first place.

I'll almost certainly get an Apple Silicon laptop at some point but I'm not in any rush especially at a time when I'm not traveling.


> There’s a reason it is still holds (not much, but) some value on second-hand market.

Not much? A base model 15" 2015 RMBP is still easily $800+ on eBay. Unheard of for a 6 year old laptop.


Yeah that's the price of a mid level 2020 laptop methinks


I do hate the extra ports when at the beach.

It’s easy enough to find usb-c rubber gaskets to keep sea salt air out, but not for arbitrary ports or slots.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07BPNBNJ5/


On the list of most marginally relevant edge cases, I think "beach proof design" ranks pretty high.


"Designed (and used primarily) in California"


Wait, isn’t this the digital nomad site? Call it Thailand proof if you prefer. :-)




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