CultCast #256 - Why we’re canceling our MacBook Pro order

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This week:  we’ve canceled our MacBook Pro order! It’s true, and we’ll you why...  Plus: we compare new MacBook Pro’s performance to older models and similarly priced machines;  Apple call it quits on external displays;  and, the end of an era—one of Mac’s most iconic features gets retired.   This episode supported by   Casper’s American-made mattresses have just the right amount of memory foam and latex, and people everywhere love them.  Learn why and get $50 towards any mattress at Casper.com/cultcast.   CultCloth will keep your iPhone 7, Apple Watch, Mac and iPad sparkling clean, and for a limited time you can get 20% off your order with code JETBLACK at CultCloth.co.
  We also want to give Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com a  thanks for the great music you hear on today's show.   On the show this week @erfon / @bst3r / @lkahney   Professional Mac Users' Complaints List Grows After 'Disappointing' Apple Event http://www.macrumors.com/2016/11/02/professional-mac-users-complaints-grow-apple-event/ It seems like everyone’s pissed!     This week’s notes and links

• Hiked prices really make you think about what you’re getting, especially compared to how much better it is to what you already have (or what’s available on the market).
• Raw Power differences/Speed increases in new MBP (compared to 2012 model)
• We specs aren’t everything as Apple optimizes everything.
• Felix Schwarz on twitter
• CPU
  • Only ~30% increase in Geekbench Single and MultiCore increases if buying the same speed processor you have no.