Quote Originally Posted by Marest View Post
I feel it's not only the hardware itself, but rather the way it has been implemented. Looking inside the new MBP one can't escape the fact that it is a very well-planned and engineered piece of machine, especially with the thin bezel considered. I won't go so far to say that it is worth it for the average consumer (I'm even sceptical if it's even a good pick for the "main" audience; photo and video editors - who does serious work/editing on the go to such an extent that this laptop is actually worth it?), but with the screen considered I can understand the hefty pricetag.
It's certainly well-put-together, but that also comes at the cost of not being able to fix important components such that you can keep the laptop for a long time. The reason why the previous MBP was, in my opinion, the best laptop you could buy, was because it came with an amazing hardware profile, amazing build quality and it was easy to fix, replace or upgrade parts after the back cap was unscrewed. That's changed.