[jyl]

I'm torn on the Mac desktop thing. I absolutely want (require, even) dual monitors, triple is even better, and I hate it when monitors don't match.

At one point, you could get an iMac plus matching Apple monitor, it was spendy but doable. Now Apple no longer makes monitors, so an iMac is no-go for me, unless someone makes a monitor that looks exactly like an iMac.

The other option is a Mac mini driving dual aftermarket monitors, which is the way I went for my last desktop purchase, but Apple is no longer making a quad-core Mac mini. If the next Mac mini (assuming Apple ever updates that product) remains a dual-core machine, that will make it a no-go for me.

So where will that leave me? I'm surely not paying $5000 for a Mac Pro. I might get a MacBook Pro 15" and run dual monitors for three screens. But only having USB-C ports means you need a fistful of dongles, or a dock, the latter would be fine if it works very well. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what Apple does with the Mac line from here.

If I were Apple, I'd have developed a MacBook Pro 17" that does everything the super power users want: 64 GB RAM, SD + HDMI + standard USB + USB-C ports, and ESC key. Introduce it with an updated Mac Pro. Price it high, accept that it's a low volume product.