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- 2017 15" MBP, 16gig ram, 1TB SSD, OS 10.15
To me, if feels like we are paying for the development process of this MB, because of the design, battery, and the small everything !!! It comes across wrong to me.
Most likely this is exactly what's going on. Unfortunately with current technology…the cost of "moving forward" (thinner & lighter) is getting more & more expensive. Thus it's getting much more expensive…to move forward a teeny bit. Which I'm sure most folks have heard of the law of diminishing returns.
This is why at $1299 the 13" rMBP (manufactured using what might be considered "traditional" technology)…delivers so much more. But the new MacBook at $1299…delivers less due to the cost of making it thinner & lighter.
- Nick