This time last year, I gave my end-of-year report card for Apple’s 2016 performance – and it’s time now for the 2017 version.
Last year, there were some controversial decisions, with two key products getting more attention for what they omitted rather than what they offered: the loss of the headphone socket in the iPhone 7, and most ports in the MacBook Pro. Both now feel like very old news. As I wrote at the time, while there may be much discussion at the time, people do quickly get used to changing standards.
2017 has been an interesting year …
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