While I appreciate that the iPhone business makes anything else at Apple appear insignificant, I have been amazed at how they've failed to maintain it. Around

While I appreciate that the iPhone business makes anything else at Apple appear insignificant, I have been amazed at how they've failed to maintain it. Around 2014, Apple's laptops were celebrated as the best hardware in the business. They were in high demand, with clear dominance in multiple key niches. Instead of matching the phone's regular release cadence, we've seen spotty update frequencies; instead of a clear product lineup, we've had the confusion of the MacBook vs Air (especially); the butterfly keyboard; the TouchBar; a push to USB-C-only ports; the struggle to get a 32GB-capable model; ho-hum performance; and increasingly meh updates to macOS. It's like they need a separate "laptop division" (or maybe Mac division?) which can focus on delivering a great laptop product, and not get swamped by the iPhone, iPad, iServices (iCar, iAR, iChargingMat, iEtc). My only hope is that the problem has been that the laptop folks are distracted by the new ARM-based devices which will blow everything out of the water when they're released next year ... (with the old keyboard, a bunch of ports, etc).