Why not to buy Macbook Pro in 2021

At the start want to mention that this is not a fanboy bashing against Apple / Macbook Pro Devices, But recently the quality and reliability has gone down on Apple Products.

What works for all these human interface devices is to have a device which can work in and out reliably as you need it. Apple has been doing that with their unibody design MacBook Pro up until 2016 - post which we had the touchbar design MacBook Pro with filmsy butterfly keyboard without magsafe charger and all down the drain features.

Here are the things that you should consider / account before deciding on next apple device.

1. Display issues : Horizontal - vertical flicker lines on screen - There is definite design issue with macbook pro sol from 2016 and 2017 also. Apple has acknowledged the issue for 2016 Models but have been declining that issue exists in 2017 models.
• Here is the link to Apple Advisory for 2016 Model Thunderbolt Port Mac - here
• 2017 MacBook pro users have been informing apple about it but to no avail.
• ifixit forums - here and other places too.
2. Graphics issues : Apple is known to have graphics issue with their MBP line of product which again they never accepted it early on. Only to launch advisory after 6 years of manufacturing defective devices. 
• All external graphics card Mac from 2009 and 2010 had graphics issues. with defects as bad as graphic chips becoming loose over time due to usage.
• for 2010 Macbook pro models with Nvidia 330m - Macworld Article here & Cnet reporting it here
• Same is the case for 2009 AMD Radeon Models - a quick Google search on this would show up forums filled with this.
• Also the issues were not only with MacBook Pro But the iMac's also.
• This was all later taken care by an advisory but that the service program is closed now.
3. Butterfly keyboard issue: If you are Power user of 2016 Mac book pro you would have seen this already. extra keyboard presses showing up and making the device unusable for the moment and this can happen again and again.
• Apple already has advisory for this. If not already replaced visit the Apple service center already. Applicable to Macbook Pro, Air and normal macbook models.
• Again a quick google search with Terms - Butterfly keyboard Apple extra key - will lead to forums filled with apple users cribbing about design of this.
4. Battery not charging issue in Big Sur: here you go - so your battery can get discharged and may not get charged back again, due to a bug in Big sur.
• Mac9to5 links here.
5. Other apple advisory for Battery issues:
• Apple 13" Mackbook Pro no touchbar Macbook Pro battery advisory
• Another 15" Macbook pro Battery Advisory

Considering the list of issues hogging behind the Apple MacBook Pro series, My personal opinion is to stay away from Macbook Pro Series. They are costly and reliability that existed before and demanded the higher price is no more applicable.

A good read also is from Macrumors folks mentioning that they also don't suggest to buy and wait for suture mac devices - But then again new devices will show newer issues if Apple continues to not take cognizance of issues seen and just pulling them under the carpet.

I expect 2017 Macbook pro devices to also have an advisory for their manufacturing defect - but I am not in World's richest country to make that claim to them directly. Sigh!

Disclaimer: These are personal views and the links provide views of respective owners.

Why not to upgrade to Yosemite ?

My idea of computer is that its a content creating device unlike tablets and smatphones are just content consuming devices. And hence a much more reliabity of things is needed on a Laptop/Desktop than anything else.

Apple has inbuilt a reminder mechanism on Mac for updates and Yosemite upgrade has been popping up for months - I don't like disrupting already working flows and hence had defered any upgrades.

Since Yosemite finally moved to a stable 10.10.3 version now - I wanted to take a look if its good idea to move to Yosemite.

For starters the human interaction part of any computer is important for seemlessness - this includes display. Now a non starter for me was Helvetica Neue font in Yosemite - though this might have been taken as measure have consistency with iOS - but going back to definition iOS and OSX device have different ways to be used - different sizes these device come in.

Looks various user are already outpouring on this --
http://gizmodo.com/designers-explain-why-apples-new-os-x-typeface-is-a-str-1585123982
and
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1768362

Further github now has a way to change the default font to Lucida Grande (which has been default for all OS versions by Apple till now):
https://github.com/schreiberstein/lucidagrandeyosemite

But then again why to upgrade to OS which doesn't provide anything extra that really adds/helps to my flows/work. This is just the first one issue I see as non starter - But forums are full of thread on  new Photos app - again added to have consistency with iOS is also a step back in terms of functionality of iPhoto.
links here - http://www.imore.com/ios-8-kills-iphoto-messy-transition-photos

Yet to explore what more could be wrong with Apple's new OS Yosemite. But I might remain on OSX 10.9.x for sometime more till there are security updates for this 1.5 year old OS.

iOS 8.3 update on iPhone 4S, Apple pls get into security fixes only mode.

It surprises me that feature that is highlight for an iOS update is Emoji  [The upgrade text in for iPhone says that], and still people go berserk almost about the products [read 1 million Apple Watch devices pre-booked on day1]. Though iOS8.3 might have various other security updates but it surprises how people react to it.

That's people choice, but seriously there are more pressing things in world then to think about this emoji. :)

I am not updating to iOS 8.3 because of multiple threads in Apple support communities opened anew after iOS8.3 upgrade by users.
1) The cable not recognized issue - here
and 2) issue with wifi being intermittent - here

If looking for complete list of fixes in iOS 8.3 look here - official Apple page.

Point is Apple should get into security only fixes for devices like iPhone 4/4S instead of keeping them feature heavy and possibly issues like this. I swear by the performance of iOS 7.1.2 on iPhone 4S[which i don't have anymore]. iOS 8.x has been comparatively slower but usable for certain.