One of the unexpected surprises that came with upgrading to a new Macbook Pro Retina 15″ from an older MacBook Pro was Apple’s inexplicable deletion of the audio input (mic) 3.5mm jack. I use a regularly use a gaming headset with a boom mic that was now rendered completely useless, because I was no longer able to plug in the mic. I love it that Apple’s hardware is on the cutting edge, but sometimes they do things like this that just don’t make sense for the average user.
