> and given that Apple's whole shtick was to serve "professionals",
When was the last time this was true? I think I gave up on the platform around the new keyboards, who clearly weren't made for typing, and the non-stop "Upgrade" and "Upgrade" notifications that you couldn't disable, just push forward into the future. Everything they've done since them seems to have been to impress the Average Joe, not for serving professionals.
The current macbook pro was basically a checklist of items professionals wanted away from consumer new shiny thing.
And then they introduced liquid glass, because professionals don't need an easily readable UI to work with.
> Everything they've done since them seems to have been to impress the Average Joe, not for serving professionals.
"CIOs say Apple is now mission critical for the enterprise" [1]
[1]: https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/25/cios-say-apple-is-now-mission...
That's literally sponsored content/an ad by a company who makes money managing Apple devices, of course they'll say it's "mission critical", on a website meant to promote Apple hardware.
Happen to have some less biased source saying anything similar, ideally not sponsored content?