At the same time, developers are often power users that are willing to shed a good amount of money for a decent laptop, and will recommend Macs to friends and famility. It was around 2009-2012 that about 50% of laptops at most developer conferences were Macbook/Macbook pros; I've seen the (perceived) percentage declining since.

Do you really think the "average user" would spend $1500-2500 for a laptop? The Macbook Pro is for Pro users. Let them work as pros.