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Apple Stops Selling 2015 MacBook Pro With Old-Style Keyboard, Legacy Ports (arstechnica.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new dept.

After announcing new MacBook Pro models today, Apple has removed the 2015 MacBook Pro from the Mac section of its website. Ars Technica reports: Beloved by many, the 2015 MacBook Pro had a number of features that have since been changed or have disappeared entirely from new MacBook Pro models. Arguably the most polarizing among these tweaks is the butterfly keyboard -- the 2015 MacBook Pro predates that mechanism, making its traditional keyboard a preferred alternative for many users. The 2015 MacBook Pro also contained legacy ports that Apple has since abandoned in the newest models: USB-A, HDMI, and Thunderbolt 2 ports, and an SD card slot. All of the newest MacBook Pros exclusively feature Thunderbolt 3 ports, which some will appreciate but all will scowl at when they're forced to buy multiple dongles to connect legacy accessories. Currently, Apple has a few 2015 MacBook Pro models listed in its online clearance section, but it's likely that Apple will not have more to sell after those are gone.

3 of 114 comments (clear)

  1. Courageous by cinghiale · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's courageous of them to stop selling products for which there is continuing demand.

  2. Those aren't legacy ports by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They are "current" ports.
    USB-C ports are "ports of the future."

    Now, VGA video would be a "legacy" port.

  3. Comfortable keyboards are for chumps by yuriklastalov · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How long until the keyboard is just a giant touch pad with courageous gestures to enter text?

    All text entry will be done with swiping. You'll thank us later.