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April 2015
(79%)
284 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(91%)
3241 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
790100284
The editors liked
So thin and light that it out-MacBook-Airs the MacBook Air
Excellent Retina display. You won't even notice that it's not using its native resolution out of the box
Gray
Silver
And gold finish options look great and give the MacBook a touch of personal
It's lighter than Air! (the MacBook Air
That is)
Backlit keyboard w/ individual LEDs
Retina display is gorgeous
Crazy fast PCIebased storage
Long battery life
Sexy design
Simplicity and ultra-portability
Fanless
Noiseless operations
Tomorrow's technology today
Premium experience over price
Wonderfully light yet sturdy aluminum design
Three color options
Keyboard remarkably fast
Awesome stereo speakers
Strong battery life
The new ultraportable
Fanless design is great
Retina display finally comes to Apple's thin-and-light MacBooks
New color options
Force Touch trackpad and 256GB minimum storage space
Incredibly thin. Weighs less than 2 pounds. 14 hours of battery life in testing. Retina Display. Great-sounding speakers. Available in three colors.
Thin and light
With great battery life
Beautiful Retina display
Force Touch trackpad
The new 12inch Apple MacBook is amazingly thin and light
Has a premium look and feel
And is available in three colors. It offers better battery life than other laptops with Intel's Core M processors
And performance that's as good as or better than thos
Incredibly light
Thin
And compact
Epic battery life
Brilliant Retina display and backlit keyboard
Insanely light and gorgeous. Superb display
Great Force Touch trackpad
Ample storage and RAM
Stunning design
Superlight
Excellent battery life
Full of new technology
New Retina display is stunning
Force Touch trackpad is a technical marvel
Revised keyboard is excellent
Outstanding design and build quality
Supremely light and compact
Gorgeous 12inch Retina display
Light
And feels solid
Wonderful battery life
Bright keyboard backlight
OS X (why you buy a Mac in the first place)
Excellent integration with iOS devices
This is about as well as you can design a clamshell PC
I still don't understand how a laptop can be this light. The screen will make every Air owner jealous. If only all laptop chargers were this small
Very usable keyboard and trackpad. Silent fanless operation. Highly portable with impressive battery life.
Incredibly thin
Great keyboard
Careful build quality and very high stability
Extremely low weight as well as compact dimensions
Excellent touchpad
Bright Retina display with wide viewing angles
Good everyday performance
Decent battery runtimes
Powerful speakers
The editors didn't like
Performance is a step or two behind recent Broadwell-U Macs
In 1440×900 mode
The integrated GPU sometimes struggles to keep up with the high-res screen
Upgrades are impossible. Everything from the RAM to the SSD is soldered to the tiny motherboard
Med
Overall performance isn't on par with competitors' laptops
High-performance processors or graphics
A large number and variety of ports
Deep
Clackity keyboards
Low
Low pricing
Must use dongle to plug in most devices
Pricey
Loss of MagSafe could lead to a costly accident
No USB-C adapter
Splitter or hub in the box
Starting at $1
299
The MacBook is expensive for what it offers
Only one USB-C port
With no adapters included. USB-C is not Thunderbolt-compatible. New keyboard and Force Touch trackpad take some getting used to. Can only be upgraded at initial purchase
Weak keyboard
Single USBC port for charging and peripherals
Slow Core M processor
Single USB-C port for charging and peripherals
Its performance and battery life falls short of the MacBook Air and Pro. The new keyboard is shallow and takes some getting used to
And sharing a single port for all accessories as well as the power cord is almost immediately frustrating
USB Type-C port won't fit existing peripherals
No SD card slot or MagSafe power connector
Shallow keyboard travel takes some getting used to
Core M CPU isn't as powerful as Core i5
Lack of keyboard travel is disconcerting at first. Expensive
Limited performance
Very expensive relative to performance
Only slightly more powerful than iPad Air 2
Specific target audience
So it will not please everyone
No touchscreen. Come on
Apple
Single USB TypeC port limits desktop/office use (adapter not included)
Average processor performance (slower than expected)
Worthless 480p webcam
Expensive to the point of being hard to recommend. A little slow when you push it. The battery is just shy of being as worryfree as it wants to be. USBC isn't yet everywhere
Abstract: “No standard USB port” is about to be the new “No DVD drive.”When Steve Jobs pulled out the MacBook Air in 2008, the accolades of the “world's thinnest laptop” were quickly met with outrage. “Come on! This is crazy,” we all said. “For $US1,800 you expect ...
Abstract: The MacBook Air was a benchmark for what a thin and light notebook should be and defined a generation of competitors. Now seven years after the release of the original Air, Apple is at it again, putting out what it thinks is the future of the laptop with ...
Super slick design, Incredibly light, Stunning screen,
Expensive, Only one USB-C port, Feels a little under-powered,
"All this has happened before, and all this will happen again" is one of the most quoted lines from the rebooted Battlestar Galactica. The passage refers to an overarching story that is told, again, and again, and again throughout eternity; strip away th...
Abstract: The announcement of a new MacBook earlier this year was as much a shock to Apple watchers as it was somewhat confusing and at the same time awe-inspiring. So many emotions! Why? And just what is this new MacBook for? EFTM has been road testing this baby a...
Published: 2015-04-21, Author: Sean , review by: gizmodo.com.au
Impossibly thin, Great screen, Force Touch is a great idea
Expensive, Tough to get used to, Carrying dongles is annoying
No. Wait. Here's what I predict will happen: like the original MacBook Air in 2008, this new MacBook will be the prelude to a more mainstream, affordable, sensible workhorse that's just as gorgeous. As always, early adopters will pay the price for Apple's...
Published: 2015-04-17, Author: Stephen , review by: techguide.com.au
The 12-inch MacBook Pro is one of Apple's finest achievements.It combines cutting-edge engineering and technology with incredible design and excellent performance.For high-end users the 12-inch MacBook has its limits which is why there are other more powe...
Beautifully designed with premium materials; So thin, so light, so pretty; Another of Apple's exceptional Retina-grade screens; Surprisingly good battery life for a machine this size; Despite how thin it is, the keyboard is surprisingly comfortable to typ
Not at all a high-performance machine; Only one port, and it's a type of port that you can't find really anything available for (beyond Apple's expensive adaptors); Requires one of these adaptors if you want to simultaneously charge the device and use the
Make no mistake, Apple's MacBook is something special, and its lack of a model moniker tells us how confident Apple is that this is an example of a machine from the future, with a sexy thin and sleek look like no other, a beautiful screen, a truly light w...
Published: 2015-04-13, Author: Jason , review by: macworld.com.au
Thin and light, great battery life, Beautiful Retina display, Force Touch trackpad
Weak keyboard, Single USB-C port for charging and peripherals, Slow Core M processor, From $1799
The MacBook is a gorgeous piece of hardware. The Retina display is excellent, and I'm really loving the Force Touch trackpad. The keyboard is more of a hit-or-miss affair; if you're someone who is particular about your keyboards and spends a whole lot of ...
Abstract: April 10 may well be the day that Apple takes preorders for its first smartwatch , but it's also the day it brings a new computer to town, as Apple's MacBook reinvents thin for a new generation .If there's one thing you can rely on with Apple, it's that t...
Abstract: You won't find it in Apple's advertisements, but the new MacBook is a time machine. It's much simpler than Doc Brown's DeLorean: All you have to do is look at it to observe the future—the future of the laptop, that is.With this machine, Apple has imagined...
