{"id":24118,"date":"2019-01-29T11:51:27","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T16:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=24118"},"modified":"2019-01-29T11:51:27","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T16:51:27","slug":"2018-six-colors-apple-report-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/01\/29\/2018-six-colors-apple-report-card\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Six Colors Apple Report Card"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason Snell<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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Since I used the same survey as in previous years, I was able to track the change in my panel’s consensus opinion compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

And did we mention the MacBook keyboards? Matt Deatherage said, “It defies reason for Apple [to offer] keyboards of inferior design and execution.” John Gruber said, “I may be biased as a writer and a keyboard aficionado, but it used to be the case that Apple’s notebook keyboards were widely hailed as the best in the world… that’s no longer the case and I think that’s a problem.” Shahid Kamal Ahmad said that the major failing of the keyboard was not its feel but “the inherent unreliability of the switches and their propensity to fail from the inevitable ingress of a subatomic particle.”<\/p>\n

Most people were largely unmoved by the macOS Mojave update.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Nick Heer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Overall, Apple’s new hardware — particularly the new Apple Watch — has generally shone in every area except reliability, software quality is up while service quality continues to be mixed, and Apple’s TV and home offerings continue to be, charitably, just getting started.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n