Macsimum News: Apple's hits and misses in '07

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Apple Corporate

It's January, and you know what that means: lists.

Macsimum News has identified Apple's greatest hits and misses from the last 12 months. There are no surprises at the top of the list: The iPhone, the aluminum iMac (though the lack of a non-glossy screen is a "miss"), iLife (minus iMovie '08....more on that in a minute) and the iPod lineup.

iMovie '08 was listed as a "miss," and I agree. While I've grown to like this version of iMovie - it's extremely simple to use - I want the missing features back. I can only guess that Apple hopes I miss them enough to buy Final Cut Express.

Other misses include the AppleTV (I haven't used one, so I can't speak to it) the lack of new Cinema Displays and meager Mac Pro updates. I hope we'll see the latter at Macworld '08.

Of course, the fun of a list like this is picking it apart like a holiday turkey. What's your opinion? What was Apple's biggest hit and worst failure or 2007?

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