The biggest mistake is using the grainy touch screen on an image editing screen. What's even doing touch function on a laptop, anyway? I freak out when I touch mine, the display, not my tralala.
Then the glossy, uncoated for reflections display that looks so bad. PC never caught up with Apple on anti reflective costings for glossy screens. Not to mention the protective glass that sits on top of the oled pannels on some laptops like this one, having just air in-between, unlike Apple that has them glued together.

As an Apple hater, I will get Macbook any time over this abomination.

The mistake wasn't only offering a RTX 5070, it was offering a Nvidia mobile dgpu at all.

Literally zero need. Has massive implications for battery life - arguably the _most_ important factor for a mobile devices longevity.

So why are we bothering any further with any of their e-sand waste again?

The risk of burn-in makes an OLED screen inappropriate for photo editing. Also, a larger screen that 16" should be available. Photoshop requires 12gb of vram just to turn it on.

It's the lack of vRAM on the RTX 5070. Even the 5070 Ti would be a massive improvement over the RTX 4070 & 5070. 8 GB of vRAM isnt enough for more than 1080p gaming or some heavier content creation in  2025. This laptop also isn't cheap!

Is it really a mistake, or an intelligent decision to reduce unnecessary production costs at what is at best a very niche product

The 5090 is much more expensive, much higher power draw and much higher heat + noise production for not much more real world tangible benefit