I am not an Apple fan, but I think I always understood where Apple was going, whether I liked it or not.

The 1-port MacBook is surprising me, negatively. Unless you have a battery that lasts you 2 full days of actual work, such a solution that is going to be cause some frustration. I have in mind countless occasions when I had (and still have) to work on my laptop while it is charging AND plug in ANY other device into it - even just charging the phone. Especially when travelling, that is paramount to me.

A 2-port version of the same MacBook would have made perfect sense to me. I would have not liked it, but still I'd understand the compromise.

This, I am not sure I get it.