All things have to start somewhere though andthe MacBook Prospublic life began on January 10, 2006.
Instead, Im going to smash an allegory together in honor of the laptops storied history.
Dog years
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Even though the MacBook Pro is merely celebrating its sweet 16, itfeelsolder.
Thats why we need to equate the product with ageing beyond human standards.
You know, likedog years.
There were somegrowing pains, sure, but nothing that couldnt be handled.
Things couldnt last like this though.
Apple started messing with the formula a year or two after this peak.
The fourth generation of the machine was when ideas that sounded innovative at 4am (ONLY USB-C!
DONGLES ARE THE FUTURE!
A FUCKING SCREEN ON YOUR KEYBOARD) were somehow ushered into reality.
In other words, this was the MacBook Pros version of Hollywood in the 80s.
The reason this was such a tragedy wasnt because Apple tried something and failed.
Instead, it was because it took the company aboutsix fucking yearsto recognise itd fucked up.
Flirty thirty
Nope, the MacBook Pros twenties (2016-2020) were not a good time.
It got arrogant, and alienated friends and family.
Then… something magnificent happened at the end of 2020:the M1 chip arrived.
To say the new 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pros are a return to form is an understatement.
At long last, the MacBook Pro was clean from strange notions of what users want.
Some side effects will remain.
Were here
Its hard to explain how integral the MacBook Pro has been to my life.
Its where I learned Photoshop and podcasting.
Its where I got familiar with digital audio workstations (DAWs).
Ive spent thousands of hours writing on the machines.
Ive built and maintained gargantuan media libraries.
Weve done so much together.
And you know what?
I love the damn thing.
