![]() Whenever I contrast with the brilliance of the new ARM Macs I want to cry.” But there is so much disappointment here. They’re meant to lead the world in software quality - they should be showing us developers and the rest of the industry how it’s done. And pricing remains a problem in general.īrent Simmons said, “Apple’s software quality should be so very much better. Apple doesn’t sell a Retina display for normal people to connect to it, even though it degraded non-Retina text rendering and icons. 2020 was another year of the 16-inch MacBook Pro having poor input devices and no matte display. I gave a 4 for Mac hardware because, although the M1-based Macs are the best Mac hardware news in a long time, they came at the end of the year and have not yet spread throughout the lineup. John Siracusa said, “If you’re not going to give Apple top marks now, then what are you saving your praise for? Daring new Mac designs will have to wait for 2021 or later, but for now we can all rejoice in the unmitigated good of the M1-based Macs. The M1 Macs mark the best moment in Mac hardware history. I was a bit surprised by that, as I think the iPhone 12 lineup is strong across the board, and the iPhone 12 mini is my favorite iPhone in a long time. The iPhone is Apple’s most important product, but given the seismic changes in the Mac in 2020, the panel was a bit more restrained with its praise-though the iPhone still managed an A grade. It’s time for our annual look back on Apple’s performance during the past year, as seen through the eyes of writers, editors, developers, podcasters, and other people who spend an awful lot of time thinking about Apple.
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