Is the 2018 "really bad?" No. And yes.
No - it's a 6 core machine with up to 32 GB of RAM, which is what a lot of people were asking for. It's reasonably well put together, the keyboard is slightly better than the 2016/17, the screen is good, and the speakers are the best I've heard in a laptop.
Yes - In practice, there's very little throughput difference from the 2.2 to the 2.6 to the i9 (the 2.2 I have scores higher than my colleagues i9 on Cinebench's CPU test; presumably due to thermal throttling). And the design remained the same, with USB-C only, a flimsy feel, a still-crappy keyboard, the frippery that is the touchbar, absurdly oversized trackpad with poor wrist/palm rejection, poor battery life, and ridiculous pricing.
No - it's a 6 core machine with up to 32 GB of RAM, which is what a lot of people were asking for. It's reasonably well put together, the keyboard is slightly better than the 2016/17, the screen is good, and the speakers are the best I've heard in a laptop.
Yes - In practice, there's very little throughput difference from the 2.2 to the 2.6 to the i9 (the 2.2 I have scores higher than my colleagues i9 on Cinebench's CPU test; presumably due to thermal throttling). And the design remained the same, with USB-C only, a flimsy feel, a still-crappy keyboard, the frippery that is the touchbar, absurdly oversized trackpad with poor wrist/palm rejection, poor battery life, and ridiculous pricing.