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"The MacBook Pro's speakers were always excellent." Unfortunately, that is not at all the case, even on the 2018 models. The spatialisation, stereophony, frequency range, frequency neutrality, were all far from perfect. When you hear music, do you fully and clearly distinguish the left and right channels? No (just compare that with headphones). Does the sound surround you? No, it is clear it comes from a (rather narrow) source in front of you. Are all frequencies, including bass, mid and high, distinct and present? No. It is clear many frequencies are either weak or absent. Claiming the sound is excellent is totally exaggerated and inaccurate. Whether it is better (or less worse) than other laptops does not change that. Being less worse than the rest does not make excellent.

In the Hidden upgrades section, there is a major hidden drawback missing. Many users have reported unexpected reboots, most likely tied to the T2 chip. The same issue has appeared with the other computer with this chip, the iMac Pro. Given the MacBook Pro high price, and the fact that the issue has already been identified by Apple after the release of the iMac Pro many months ago, this issue is hardly acceptable.

The article starts by stating that "the 2018 Mac mini is remarkably powerful and remarkably good value for what it does." What is remarkable and hard to believe, from a third party that is supposed to be knowledgeable and independent, is this kind of irrational enthusiasm. The Mac mini has a very low end GPU, and an mid-range CPU. This means that all the following tasks are either impossible or take ages to complete: 1) gaming (except very light games), 2) non-basic video and photo editing, transcoding, effects, 3) mathematical computations and modelling, 4) 3D, 5) VR, 6) crypto-mining. Given that weak standing, how can the Mac mini be labelled as remarkably powerful? And tied to this, remarkably good value?