Unfortunately Apple values looks over functionality. Apple just keeps making changes for thinness, almost at any cost. And soldering wasn&#x27;t the first example, I&#x27;d argue that removal of the ethernet jack on the MBP was a sign of things to come. Essentially everything started going downhill with the 3rd generation MBPs way back in 2012 (the original &quot;Retina&quot;).<p>The 3rd gen removed: Ethernet, Firewire 800, Superdrive, Kensington lock, and nothing is user replaceable eventually... All for what? To save 0.93 pounds in weight and 0.2 cm in thickness (13&quot; model).<p>I don&#x27;t care if the &quot;Macbook&quot; and the MBA want to go this route of maximum thinness&#x2F;lightness; but what irks me is that they ruined their supposed power user machine for these cuts. Give me the functionality back. It wasn&#x27;t like the MBP was heavy or large even before 2012.