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April 2015
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284 Reviews
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Average score from owners of the product.
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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
Published: 2015-03-09, Author: Stuart , review by: pocket-lint.com
Abstract: Apple has announced a new MacBook Laptop that is even thinner and smaller than the MacBook Air, but more powerful than the iPad. The new 12-inch MacBook ditches all the traditional ports in order to slim down to a super-thin 13.1mm in thickness. To get i...
Published: 2016-04-22, Author: Joel , review by: in.pcmag.com
Incredibly thin, Weighs less than 2 pounds, Excellent battery life in testing, Retina Display, Great-sounding speakers, Available in three colors
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
The 12-inch Apple MacBook is the thinnest, lightest Mac laptop yet, combining the power of OS X with extreme portability and more than 14 hours of battery life...
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Published: 2015-04-17, Author: Sean , review by: gizmodo.in
The hinge tension and balance is perfect. You can lift the lid with a single finger with the MacBook resting on a table, and the base won't move one bit. You can reposition the screen at any angle-though sadly it only goes back to 45 degrees or so-and it'
Why is this laptop so thin? I never felt that I needed a thinner MacBook. One with a better screen? Absolutely. Lighter? Okay. But every other innovation in the new MacBook seems to be in the service of making it thinner. Who needs that?, The keyboard dri
No. Wait. Heres 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 thats just as gorgeous. As always, early adopters will pay the price for Apples...
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Published: 2015-04-10, Author: Jason , review by: pcworld.in
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: It's going to take something special for Apple to lose the qualifiers and name a new laptop simply ‘MacBook'. There's no ‘Pro', no mention of a Retina Display, or an ‘Air' to insinuate this thing's small. It is simply ‘MacBook', and as such it's a stateme...
Lack of ports can be very frustrating, Super-shallow keyboard, By no means a powerhouse
With extra bits here and little nips and tucks there, Apple has created a vision of what a laptop of the future should be. Elements are a little jarring, at least at first, but there's plenty that's very compelling.So overall is the new MacBook a hit, a m...
Abstract: When Xiaomi announced the Mi Notebook Air last month, it was obvious that the laptop was aimed straight at Apple. So we got the Mi Notebook Air and compared it with the Retina Macbook. Check out our comparison video below.You may get the Xiaomi Mi Noteboo...
Abstract: The original MacBook was the entry-level model of Apple's laptop. But the new MacBook is the pinnacle of Apple's relentless pursuit of ever thinner and lighter laptops. It was the machine that caught my eye, and probably every geek's imagination, when it...
Abstract: The original MacBook was the entry-level model of Apple's laptop. But the new MacBook is the pinnacle of Apple's relentless pursuit of ever thinner and lighter laptops.It was the machine that caught my eye, and probably every geek's imagination, when it w...
Gorgeous design, comes in gold, Very thin, very light, Long battery life, Force Touch trackpad is cool, Awesome Retina display, Excellent build quality
Less powerful than other Mac notebooks, Battery life shorter than MacBook Air, Force Touch trackpad requires more support, Only a single USB TypeC port, No dedicated jack/port for power, Keyboard needs getting used to
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