The "problem" I have with storage is the trade-off between speed, capacity, and price.
It is like that old business adage, "good, fast, or cheap; pick any two"

So 31 April?

I agree that one port is way too few, but when I use my macbook pro on my desk, I have one cable (Thunderbolt) connected to a hub. I leave my network, second monitor, external hard drive and large wacom tablet plugged into this hub. I also have a second external hard drive plugged into a USB port.
When I take my laptop out, I unplug the thunderbolt hub (and the second external drive, as I usually take it along) I can use my laptop on the road without carrying all the peripherals.

I do require an SD card port though, and I do carry a thunderbolt to vga adaptor for use with projectors, but then again, I am not the target market for this new macbook, as it is more of a high end chromebook...

If it works, and it seems to work well enough, why spend the extra money and time?
Use the saved resources for other projects...

Se are not quite yet hitting the ceiling on sensor tech, and I was talking about things like dynamic range and colour fidelity.
If you shoot a lot of low light, then larger cell size may be a factor. However if you print large, more pixels will probably be more useful. Depends on what you are doing, so yeah there is no such thing as "all else being equal"

Of course it all depends on your output as well. I routinely print at 20"x30" or larger, so printing at 200 dpi means I need 24mp.
If you are just viewing on screen, then 4mp is plenty...

And of course if you are using a higher resolution sensor, you need good glass, good technique, etc.

No, I understand the technology and photography very well.
I also know that the number of pixels on a sensor is one of the important characteristics, along with dynamic range, sensitivity, fidelity,and a whole host of other criteria that make one sensor/camera more versatile than another.

I understand what you are saying, yes the quality of pixels matters (Dynamic range etc) however, all else being equal*, I would go for 24mp over 16mp

*All else is rarely equal, especially if you include price, weight and other non image characteristics.

I love windows 8, it forced me to buy a macbook pro.

In a way you are right, but there is a lot of difference between a camera and a light meter.

Speaking as a photographer...

Not really a single pixel camera, more of a single pixel light absorption meter taken over an area...

I fart in your general direction.