I Just sold my 2011 MBP (which i maxed out with 16gb ram and 2 SSDs) because i needed a hardware upgrade (for around 600$) and none of apples offerings used met that criteria. Now i have a windows laptop which supports 32gb RAM 2 Sata connections and a PCIe based connection for ssds 2x usb3.0 1xusb 2.0 and 1xusb3.1 (type-c). All of this under 500$ now what is apple doing with their life?
I really dont know why they even removed the sd card slot either. MANY photographers and videographers use MBPs and need this. but no, they will have to buy an adapter (which is one more thing to remember on productions). I have no idea which direction they are going but i wish they had made a macbook for regular users and keep the Pro series with pro users in mind.