Apple updates its iMac line
It&#x27;s just frustrating, I switched the household over to Apple devices when OSX came out, and now there really aren&#x27;t any systems from Apple that look interesting to me.<p>I&#x27;ve been programming since before the (Unix) dawn of time, and Apple devices have been good development machines for me since OSX was released 18 years ago. I&#x27;m comfortable on Linux, but the Apple iOS devices and computers  are all over my home and integrate well with my development machines. Furthermore, the family does well with MacOS, and they don&#x27;t need IT help with their email, iPhone, music, homework, printing, etc. like they used to under Windows.<p>I&#x27;d love to see Apple make a system that supported <i>upgradeable</i> memory, SSDs, High capacity hard drives, graphics, and separate larger monitors, but that doesn&#x27;t look like that will ever happen. By locking down the hardware to just certain configurations, the very successful stores can handle problems (hardware, software, and user related) at locations all over the world.<p>Even if Apple can&#x27;t make the machines more upgradeable because of customer support issues, the new machines don&#x27;t seem to be well designed for me. They have become too thin and too sleek and overpriced because of features I don&#x27;t want (over sharp display, touchbar) and issues caused by the pursuit of sleekness and style (crap keyboards, thermal limits).<p>Lenovo (Thinkpads) offers thin, light, somewhat upgradeable, good looking laptops that are light to carry and easier to grip with great keyboards. I wish Apple could start with something like one of those and equip it with an Apple touchpad and MacOS.<p>I&#x27;ve been waiting and waiting for Apple to improve its line up (I&#x27;m writing this on a Mac Pro from 2013 with a nice 34 inch ultra-wide monitor). It looks like I&#x27;ll never replace it. I know there are alternatives, my home&#x2F;office are littered with computers, Thinkpads running Linux, Microsoft laptops, Dell Servers running FreeBSD, and homemade PCs running Windows (for gaming); but I&#x27;m going to miss using MacOS as my daily-driver.