Your comments are usually good, but this one reads like something from the fanboys on MacRumors. It might not be right for you, but I haven't seen any evidence of the single port being a failure in the market.
I never really understood why it is better for the consumer to be either inconvenienced or out an extra $70 for an unattractive dongle. It's like if a wedding dowry was a facelift and a boob job, except the groom has to pay for it.
Honestly, it's a great laptop and is far more functional than those (who have not used one) are lead to believe. My only gripe is video playback can be laggy with hi-def videos. It sounds like they're trying to fix that problem with the new model.
In short: maybe you and the people you know aren't the target market. Which is OK, we get it that it doesn't work for you. But the inference that there isn't a market where it works wonderfully is simply wrong.