"What was she actually against in the new MBP?"
Newish MBP user chiming in. Peripheral access and costs.
- no DVD/CD player
- no Ethernet
- no SD card slot
- no RCA out
What I see is good new machines with the above peripheral access removed. The advantages are no mechanical moving parts, technically better KB, access to faster SDD, software upgradable for quite a while. The hidden advantage is the new Macs are less polluting and fewer moving parts. Is this worth the added cost, lower power supply and loss of peripheral and access though? Out of the box, I had/have zero problems in my current work use/flow as a ^glorified^ VT-100 terminal.