372:"It has been called one of the best computers Apple has made." obviously a fairly strong statement requiring strong sources. Macworld is an obvious yes, iMore I'm less sure about, but I don't think Six Colors, which appears to be one man's personal Apple enthusiast site, would pass muster at FAC. It might also help to have sources that aren't Apple fansites. Anything that can be done here? Otherwise I would suggest tweaking the statement to something like "Apple enthusiasts have called it..."
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The sentence is structured in a way that seemingly contrasts this increasing commoditization with the digital media hub strategy, but I don't see the connection. In what way does using a computer as a media hub contrast with the computer as a
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I have not looked at the specs because that is Greek to me. The bones here are good, but I feel there are some places the prose could be improved. Take your time responding and of course I'm always open to discussion.
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As a note, this is the first time we've seen any indication that Jobs has insisted anything about the design language of this model - why not mention that earlier, if it was such a sticking point for him?
212:"the higher-end models" what higher-end models? You haven't mentioned them before, so "the" feels jarring. What other differences did they have? Are they worth discussing in their own small paragraph?
241:"from a building across the road from Apple's main campus to a new space in the main headquarters" you could probably lose the "across the road" detail and just go with "from a separate building"
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a decade" normally I'm the poster girl for trimming words, but I think "that" and "for" are necessary here for flow and legibility (also, it should be Jobs's per MOS)
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Critics noted that the flat-screen design allowed them to forget the rest of the computer was there, as well as the ergonomics of adjusting the screen
195:"and the desire to have each component of the computer be true to itself" what does this mean? If it's corpo-buzzword speak, it should be in quotes
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