The next proper refresh of the Air in 2018 was effectively a 13 inch MacBook. Fanless design, all metal enclosure, butterfly keyboard, Force Touch trackpad, Retina display. The Air moniker just proved too strong and they could never get away from it.
Most of the people commenting shit about this haven't even tried it, I have one and it works really great, I mostly bought it because it´s so thin and weights just 2 pounds and I travel A LOT so carry around this is better than a huge laptop. I use it for normal tasks but also to compile 4k video on the go and it works really great. Never gets hot and it´s so silent. Those saying is a phone with a huge screen are sooooo wrong.
Apple employee 1: Hey, let's make a new Macbook that's super thin AND has a retina display! Employee 2: Great, what can we do to enhance that retina experience, though? Employee 1: I KNOW, LET'S ADD A CAMERA FROM 2005! Employee 2: DUDE AWESOME
Found a good deal on one of these recently. Price of the air for a broadwell equivalent of an m7 inside. Better than paying full for a skylake one with an m3, imo.
it's actually a wonderful laptop. Yes its not powerful but now if they upgrade it with nicer internals in 2019, it could be great. It needs a better webcam and better mobile processor. I used one for two years and totally loved the size, weight of it and the feel, it was just pleasure to do everything there, and since I don't do heavy tasks on my laptop (the most heavy task is editing photos with Lightroom) I never felt like I needed more power.
I got my 12" MacBook Space Gray yesterday and I am happy with it. My previous laptop was the Late 2013 MacBook Pro with Retina Display which is a strong laptop. However I haven't had any issues with my new laptop so far. So if you use laptop for using MS Office, watching movies (Full HD or 4K), heavy web browsing, light and casual photoshop and video editing, this laptop is the number 1 choice for sure and the power is quiet enough for you. My new MacBook almost have only half of the power of my previous laptop but I don't see much of a difference. I am a heavy user but I am not a video editor or a photoshop professional. By the way I though my words might help those people who are deciding to get one of these cute, perfect beautiful laptops.
Justin xoxox not yet. I am trying to sell it on Craigslist. However I think i am selling my MacBook Pro for a little high price. That's why I didnt get a buyer yet
***** No problem. It is a 1 time buy either the USB adapter or the adapter that has 3 different ports. However I only have the USB adapter for 19$ and as of now NO problem at all with this laptop
lol yup. Even back then I never thought Apple would ditch the Air for the MacBook. Looking at it from a marketing standpoint "Air" sounds much more enticing.
***** Portability. I only own a motorcycle and still visit customers to repair computers. Both Mac and PC. This laptop allows me to keep an ultra light work machine that fits on my motorcycle, yet runs both Windows and Mac OSX.
The 1.3 GHz Core M is the same as the 1.1 and 1.2 GHz models. Just a slight overclock, which is useless, because all three have the same turbo speed, which is limited by the (missing) cooling.
I still don't see who this product is for. The macbook air is cheaper, has more ports, and is more powerful. Almost the only things that this has over the macbook air is the display and the thinness. All things I could live with out.
Sahil Kumar the air is light enough for me and $80 connectors is to much money so i can just have a mouse and connect it to a monitor. Personally a connectors should just be included.
mrcheese917 You are right, but the thing is that you can live without a Retina display, but not all other people can do this. Once you get used to a UHD screen it is almost impossible for you to go back to regular screens. On the other hand the new MacBook has 3 beautiful colors which I really like the Space Gray. Yes MacBook Air is definitely the smarter choice, but we have to notice that this New MacBook is the definition of the future laptops in the world and if you want to run with the highest Technology you have to pay the price. By the way these were only my personal opinions and no one has to accept them :)
***** Yeah true. I thinks the difference is because of 2 reasons. First is because of business. Second is that honestly Apple makes products with really unbeatable quality. However I am agree with you that even with higher quality, the price difference shouldn't be this much but that's what it is man. However thanks for the link. This Asus is truly beautiful as well. ;)
well it' s funny but not realistic. you don't pay a raspberry with some pieces around, you pay a reenginered laptop with no fans, force touch , retina screen, ultralight and superthin, superb materials extra battery life ecc. and yeah it's overpriced but i think (i don't own it) it gives the best non pro user experience you can find. can u feel the same with a raspberry board and some used pieces glued in a wooden case of fruit? It's a micro silent zen product like it was the apple II in 1977, and if you want it you pay it. in fact i'm still using my 2008 aluminium cause this thing is for rich people or people like me who pushes a lifetime computer for ten years
why HP and DELL . ...not using logic boards and fanless CPUs and SSDsin their laptops like apple ? its amazing to have a laptop thin as the macbook running windows 10 .
the only things i dont like about it isits lack of gpu and weak cpu. so i just bought another asus laptop.(asus k401ub) faster. larger. its not that heavy. the only thing i hate about this is the screen.
I find it interested how accurate this guys predictions were with the laptop being the forerunner of apples new design. They did keep the fan, but pretty much everything else predicted was correct. Though it does look like the MacBook air held on and won the fight in the end, it got really long in tooth but eventually was refreshed and shortly after the MacBook was discontinued. Now they just need to kill the keyboard they started with this MacBook. Me personally I think the "MacBook" should have been branded the MacBook Air, and the eventual MacBook Air refresh in 2018 should have been the new MacBook. Basically flipping the two names, keep the ultrabook the ultrabook and still make the MacBook a bit smaller but still capable. Letting the 2015 MacBook be the last device to have a USB-A port rater then the MacBook Air. Personally I think this device would have been better received if it was called the MacBook Air instead, but that is just my opinion.
I laugh at the idiots who think a notebook this small is 'underpowered'. I understand that the price is way too high-as Apple is usually overpriced-but for the size, this is _near_ the best you can get. Play with one at best buy and you'll be surprised this thing even turns on.
Wait, are you saying the 12 inch MacBook overheats? LOL you are silly, I have had my early 2015 MacBook for about a year now and never experinced heating issues. I edit FHD videos on here, play some light games and surf the web, never once had a problem. Love the laptop, only thing I wish it had were better integrated graphics. Like maybe the Intel HD 6000. Also I bought mine for $900.00 which comes with 512GB SSD, 1.2GHz Intel core m processor and 8GB ram. I do agree the $1600.00 for this laptop is bullshit but for the $900.00 I bought it for Id say its a good deal
"I hope Apple doesn't forget about those of us who need to crack their notebook open every once in a while" Apple will never forget about me, every new product they come out with will have something new to try to stop me. Honestly, I don't think this guy understands that Apple uses pentalobe screws and a bunch of glue specifically to stop people from opening their devices up.
TheOCDninja Honestly, the company was a joke before Jobs died. They did some great things early on, but the only thing Apple has ever been is the 'great popularizer'. They take existing things, spruce them up a little, and tell people it's magical. That makes those things insanely popular, which drives other companies to make them better, and Apple uses what those companies did, makes it a little prettier, usually makes it thinner, and starts selling the result. The last great thing they did was making the GUI a standard, the last almost-impressive thing they did was the iPhone, and the last at-least-notable thing they did was the iPad, all of which have now done much better many times by other companies and Apple just sits behind them with lesser products fueled by higher price tags. It's actually kind of disgusting...
Dash Lambda If only it were so simple, every other company in the world would be doing the exact same thing (because it seems like it's working out pretty well for their profits).
I was recently deciding on buying a Macbook / Pro for work on-the-go. I had to consider processing power, hardware connectivity, future software compatibility and reliability. Reliability is Apple's middle name so that's done. Future software compatibility is fine due to both Macbook and 2015 Macbook Pro being easily compatible with software I use for future updates. Now, the processing power. I needed something that will enable me to do very processor-hungry tasks e.g. creating mixdowns/bounces, whilst writing documents or browsing the web. The Macbook Pro won that with ease. The hardware connectivity; its obvious the Macbook is tremendously lacking in ports and adapters are flimsy and at the moment, expensive. The Macbook Pro had just about everything I needed in terms of ports to easily connect peripherals. The only thing I was lacking was a CD/DVD writer and burner, but I bought a USB drive to compensate. So from looking at what I need, I picked the Macbook Pro and I don't regret it, even after looking at the Macbook. It is incredibly thin, but for such a small powerhouse, the Macbook Pro is the ultimate in portable audio production for me.
Aadharsh Pannirselvam Yeah, but that's not the biggest problem. Lets start with heat. They keep on praising fanless design, but as soon as you run a resource intensive application, laptop heats up so bad, you can't keep it on your knees (some reviewers reported). Excessive heat will also result in premature death of your machine (cool processor is a happy processor). A lot of reviewers praise battery life, but as I said earlier, we live in a word of HD content, 1.1-1.3GHz processor in nowhere near fast enough for it, so it'll always run at its top 2+GHz speed, and that is 5-6 hours of real life usage, watching vids and whatnot. Shorter battery life means more frequent charging, and you can charge your battery only X amount of times. Battery (-ies) is not only integrated, it is glued in place, so you can't easily replace it (he should have tried to unglue it, maybe it's glued with a double sided sticky tape, and not with some epoxy-esque adhesive). And keyboard is also glued in place, together with those nasty sticky feeling short travel keys, you better be careful not to spill your soft drink on it. Trackpad is also too big for this machine, there's no place to rest your hands, resulting in unnecessary hand strain. So as you can see, not only is this machine not practical, it is also designed with planned obsolescence in mind. I'm actually surprised guys at CNET are not talking about this.
funky3ddy It also thermally throttles if the CPU is at full load for more than a 2-3 minutes. While modern CPU's can thermally throttle and last longer than almost every other part of the laptop, the throttling makes for lower performance on processes that consistently use a high amount of CPU time.
If anyone didn't know you can buy a base model Retina 13" MacBook Pro with Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, and big battery for the same $1,299 price as this is.
Cesar Alvarez HD Some people value weight over more power. There are people who don't care about gaming, picture editing, and video editing. But yea new technology will always be pricy. Personally I would wait for the next generation for a boost of performance and a lower price.
Pat Dow True, but you gotta notice that some people really don't need that much of power. Each person has his own preferences. So I might love to have a very portable device instead of a very powerful device but heavier. So it all goes back to the people. They have to make sure that what they want before buying the product
For that price, you can get a pretty decent gaming laptop that will max out virtually all modern games. You give up far too much for the macbook, Battery replacement will be a major problem (keep in mind batteries do not last forever. after around 1-2 years of regular use, you will be at around half capacity or less on the battery. If you have a laptop that is designed around having user replaceable batteries, the replacements are not only cheaper, but you can easily walk around with multiple batteries. The way the keyboard is attached, means that replacing it will be very difficult, thus if it breaks, it will likely not be a simple $20 repair. The display is completely glued together so any damage too it, means that you are replacing the entire unit (including the housing). The glue used on the batteries is very strong, and thus when removing older ones, you risk the batteries flexing to a point where they can potentially self short and set on fire if you do not slowly and carefully remove them.
Even if you don't, if you have a system which can handle gaming, then it will also be very quick with many other tasks. In order to passively cool the macbook, they went with a very low end CPU. Furthermore, you may not like to play games, but what about with the Witcher 3 comes out, will you still be able to not like playing games when a really good one comes out?
Razor2048 Oh, lawdy! Let my chuck my $2000 tablet in the trash! The new Witcher game is coming out! Ok, so I have $1300 and need a slim gaming laptop with two requirements: 256gb+ ssd and a screen greater than 1080p. What should I buy, Mr Razor?
JayJapanB If you want a higher res screen then you will be sacrificing on GPU to stay under the $1300 price point ($1025). Specs will still be far better than the macbook, for example www.amazon.com/Lenovo-15-6-Inch-Laptop-59425943-Black/dp/B00K6ZIMFY 4K display, 16GB memory, The rest of the money can then be used to upgrade the storage with the 500GB 850 evo www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX2D98079 you can then buy a cheap $10 usb external enclosure in order to use the old drive as external storage) though you will have an 860m which will mean medium-high settings in modern games. Other than that, it is very thin, though you give up having an internal DVD drive (and will have to use the external DVD drive if you need to use them) PS it is not very common to get a retina style display on a gaming laptop as no gaming laptop comes with an internal GPU that is able to smoothly game at 4K, unless you are playing one of those league of legend style games, or are running games on low settings (which will look worst than going with 1080p). Thus they tend to stick with a 1080p display and then put the money into better processing components.
Razor2048 That laptop has great specs and price but many reviews there aren't too favourable... Remember, you aren't buying this to boast specs. You're buying this because you want a computer to use. Aside from that I see the appeal in having a 1080p screen on a gaming notebook but I would personally prefer a lower end GPU and have a higher res screen. Oh, and I don't buy into the battery half dying in 1-2 years. Hasn't happened to me before and I've had plenty of relatively modern mobile devices (phones, tablets and PCs) with lithium ion batteries and used them for extended periods of time with no significant loss over multiple years. In the past, yes, that was an issue but battery management these days has been improved so much with the influx of more mobile devices.
The MBA should stay around. The MacBook is very underpowered to an i5 or i7 on the MBA, so Apple should keep it as a middle product balancing performance and portability,
+eastmountainfilms In time the new MacBook form will be norm for computers powered by i5/i7 class computers. We're not quite there yet. But this machine shows us the way
+eastmountainfilms The 1.3Ghz version of the 2016 macbook is better than a 2015 air and almost equal to a 13 inch base pro retina, according to geekbench scores. I really hope the pro coming out in june looks like this macbook and is at least as thin as this macbook is at its thickest point. And in space gray :P
I think a lot of items should have the pentalope screw seems like u would never have to worry about stripping standard screwed tho the torx screw is another one that I've though was pretty cool
+Max Sullivan Gates depends on how you use it. This laptop most for those office worker who just open some Microsoft words, powerpoint, search the web and etc. If you push like video editing then it will get hot.
GLENNBECKFOREVER For there to at least be two usb type C ports so I can charge while transferring data or while having it hooked up to my tv. It would be cool if I could at least upgrade the SSD but I sort of understand since its so damn thin, thats why I went for the one with 512GB of storage
+jo l I can't stand the keyboard on this new Mac, I may not be that great at typing but still I like to have a decent keyboard. I thought the keyboards on HP laptops couldn't get any shallower but here Apple came out with this crap. Unless it's mechanical for desktop or of similar quality keyboard of a Lenovo or ASUS laptop, I don't want it.
U make so many mistakes tho, I use those mechanical keyboard hat you have to press down, not just rest ur hand on it and it ochqbdpiavqpeueibrlxoapq away
Kristian Johnsen Same power as a MacBook air and more light and thin, that's sweet! Im not taking photos with my laptop so that doesn't matter to me. One port is not a problem for me.
It may be thin but it thermal throttles like crazy down to 1ghz from the regular 2 so if I were you I would not buy this laptop as it is effected heavily by heat
I wonder if it would be possible to replace the logic board on this computer with a snapdragon 810 chip. That might make it a bit faster, although it would most likely not run OS X. Lol of course I would never do that (post link to picture of me actually doing that)
That thing looks like all battery and no processor and power, I mean look at that super small motherboard not for me but I respect it if you want it as value is entirely subjective and a big thing looks like the battery having such a big battery to motherboard ratio should, in theory make the battery last super long
I don't think Apple will stop the MacBook Air. It is an affordable, powerful and cost-effective laptop. This new one intends to be beautiful showpiece. That's why they call it Macbook, instead of retina MacBook Air.
If you are just going to do some light computing on the new MacBook, why not just grab a HP Stream 11> You'll save $1099 and can do nearly all the same things!
MonkeyspankO well it's generally a low powered big phone :P and has a touch screen usually. but the reason I said it was a tablet was cause it has a tablet processor in it (the core M)
Germán S I have the spending capacity to buy one of these, I just bought a surface book instead of this and I cant be any happier. I've had absolutely no issues with the SB. It has all the ports I need and I don't need to carry around any dongles to plug in a USB. Oh and it detaches to become a tablet, so that's cool. Oh and it has discrete graphics. Oh and it has a 5 megapixel camera. Oh and its touchscreen. I can go on forever
Coming from a mac user, I agree that Apple did a bad job creating this device. The new keyboard and force touch trackpad might be something cool, but that Intel M chips is terrible. Why would anyone buy a laptop with this kind of cpu? And for this price too. But I've seen some ultrabooks from Lenovo with this chip in them at the same price, so I guess we shouldn't only hate Apple for doing this.
Than ure dumb cuz you can buy a much much faster pc with that amount of money. And you can also build an OP pc. This is a tablet based laptop. I mean LOOK AT THE LOGIC BOARD!!!!! It looks the same as an iPad mini 3 or iPhone 5c logic board. Compare that one with an pc logic board.
I don't quite understand why someone would buy this. What the hell do you do without USB ports? No mouse, no usb-stick, no external drives. Who doesn't need them? Also the processor with just 1,1GHz? Sounds really bad to me, or isn't it? 250GB storage could become quite a problem if you seriously wanna work on this thing and don't wanna have to move your data every 2 weeks. For that price you could get something way better. I don't think a few mm less are worth sacrificing good hardware, performance or temparature. Sure some people prefer iOS and they can do that, but the device itself just seems so unpractical and limiting to me.
So Apple went back to their days of experimentation.. good on them! :D This may just be a proof of concept, and may be phased out at some point, but it's still kinda cool, nonetheless. I wouldn't buy it, my 17" MacBook Pro's way more suitable for me. ... in a way, this reminds me of when Apple changed their iMac design twice, in only 2 years.
I sincerely hope they don't put that keyboard in the MacBook Pro too. It's an AWFUL typing experience. The trackpad is awesome though, I'll give it that. Force touch is really good, feels like a proper click even though it isn't.
No it's shitty an iPhone 6s almost outshines this as a: it does not thermal throttle during normal use (unlike the Mac book) and b: it costs less for a pretty much equivalent power and c: it's thermal throttling problems bring its processor speed down to 1 GHz the iPhones being 1.85 this makes the Mac book a tee able voice when it comes to laptops
4:23 “the MacBook Air’s days are numbered” that definitely aged well
@@mudd258 scarcasm exists
The next proper refresh of the Air in 2018 was effectively a 13 inch MacBook. Fanless design, all metal enclosure, butterfly keyboard, Force Touch trackpad, Retina display. The Air moniker just proved too strong and they could never get away from it.
Most of the people commenting shit about this haven't even tried it, I have one and it works really great, I mostly bought it because it´s so thin and weights just 2 pounds and I travel A LOT so carry around this is better than a huge laptop. I use it for normal tasks but also to compile 4k video on the go and it works really great. Never gets hot and it´s so silent. Those saying is a phone with a huge screen are sooooo wrong.
@@melvinharris7859 no one asked
Apple employee 1: Hey, let's make a new Macbook that's super thin AND has a retina display!
Employee 2: Great, what can we do to enhance that retina experience, though?
Employee 1: I KNOW, LET'S ADD A CAMERA FROM 2005!
Employee 2: DUDE AWESOME
Found a good deal on one of these recently. Price of the air for a broadwell equivalent of an m7 inside. Better than paying full for a skylake one with an m3, imo.
it's 2021 and I still love this Mac. Is it possible to change the processor or ram to make it faster?
No.
it's actually a wonderful laptop. Yes its not powerful but now if they upgrade it with nicer internals in 2019, it could be great. It needs a better webcam and better mobile processor. I used one for two years and totally loved the size, weight of it and the feel, it was just pleasure to do everything there, and since I don't do heavy tasks on my laptop (the most heavy task is editing photos with Lightroom) I never felt like I needed more power.
I got my 12" MacBook Space Gray yesterday and I am happy with it. My previous laptop was the Late 2013 MacBook Pro with Retina Display which is a strong laptop. However I haven't had any issues with my new laptop so far. So if you use laptop for using MS Office, watching movies (Full HD or 4K), heavy web browsing, light and casual photoshop and video editing, this laptop is the number 1 choice for sure and the power is quiet enough for you. My new MacBook almost have only half of the power of my previous laptop but I don't see much of a difference. I am a heavy user but I am not a video editor or a photoshop professional.
By the way I though my words might help those people who are deciding to get one of these cute, perfect beautiful laptops.
Did you sell your 2013 MacBook Pro?
If so, where did you sell it at? Amazon?
I wanna sell my 2014 MacBook Pro
Justin xoxox not yet. I am trying to sell it on Craigslist. However I think i am selling my MacBook Pro for a little high price. That's why I didnt get a buyer yet
***** No problem. It is a 1 time buy either the USB adapter or the adapter that has 3 different ports. However I only have the USB adapter for 19$ and as of now NO problem at all with this laptop
4:20 Well, someone got this one wrong 🤣
lol yup. Even back then I never thought Apple would ditch the Air for the MacBook. Looking at it from a marketing standpoint "Air" sounds much more enticing.
@@Kylefassbinderful Meh, good on you for having a sense of humor on it. 👍
Where do I get that screwdriver from ? Thank you.
There are THREE distinct product models, not two. I purchased the highest 1.3ghz model. I am very pleased with it.
your very stupid lol
sr Think Care to elaborate on your opinion?
Kory White Sorry dude you cant espect any logic from someone who is stupid enough to buy that crap.
***** Portability. I only own a motorcycle and still visit customers to repair computers. Both Mac and PC. This laptop allows me to keep an ultra light work machine that fits on my motorcycle, yet runs both Windows and Mac OSX.
The 1.3 GHz Core M is the same as the 1.1 and 1.2 GHz models. Just a slight overclock, which is useless, because all three have the same turbo speed, which is limited by the (missing) cooling.
This reminds me of the Chromebook pixel. A beautiful and useless product.
sibtain ali
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meh i use it aint use less.
AyL33on Well i7 just that.
I still don't see who this product is for. The macbook air is cheaper, has more ports, and is more powerful. Almost the only things that this has over the macbook air is the display and the thinness. All things I could live with out.
Well with it sold out and 4-6 weeks on orders, some people think it must be for them.
It's not about thinness. It's about lightness and getting a retina screen is icing on the cake
Sahil Kumar the air is light enough for me and $80 connectors is to much money so i can just have a mouse and connect it to a monitor. Personally a connectors should just be included.
mrcheese917 You are right, but the thing is that you can live without a Retina display, but not all other people can do this. Once you get used to a UHD screen it is almost impossible for you to go back to regular screens. On the other hand the new MacBook has 3 beautiful colors which I really like the Space Gray. Yes MacBook Air is definitely the smarter choice, but we have to notice that this New MacBook is the definition of the future laptops in the world and if you want to run with the highest Technology you have to pay the price. By the way these were only my personal opinions and no one has to accept them :)
***** Yeah true. I thinks the difference is because of 2 reasons. First is because of business. Second is that honestly Apple makes products with really unbeatable quality. However I am agree with you that even with higher quality, the price difference shouldn't be this much but that's what it is man. However thanks for the link. This Asus is truly beautiful as well. ;)
I laughed when I saw all the batteries!!!
The entire Mac is batteries lol.
my question is regarding this machine, are you able to assemble and run it again ;)
Only Apple can get people to pay $1300 for a Raspberry Pi with some batteries and a screen.
lol i should make that lol xD
well it' s funny but not realistic. you don't pay a raspberry with some pieces around, you pay a reenginered laptop with no fans, force touch , retina screen, ultralight and superthin, superb materials extra battery life ecc. and yeah it's overpriced but i think (i don't own it) it gives the best non pro user experience you can find. can u feel the same with a raspberry board and some used pieces glued in a wooden case of fruit?
It's a micro silent zen product like it was the apple II in 1977, and if you want it you pay it. in fact i'm still using my 2008 aluminium cause this thing is for rich people or people like me who pushes a lifetime computer for ten years
ok yea
your really paying a TON for osx (um macos)
and being soooooooo thin force touch adds a little bit totho
yea i know intel core ms are WAY more powerful than those arm ones i havce 2 pi 1s so not that great at all
It’s one expensive Raspberry Pi with an x86 processor...
why HP and DELL . ...not using logic boards and fanless CPUs and SSDsin their laptops like apple ? its amazing to have a laptop thin as the macbook running windows 10 .
you can run windows 10 on MacBooks!
thought there is a fanless ultrabook, macbook like windows . which is also cheaper. Asus UX305CA
+sam goode i saw a review about asus ux305 its amazing i love it ..
the only things i dont like about it isits lack of gpu and weak cpu. so i just bought another asus laptop.(asus k401ub) faster. larger. its not that heavy. the only thing i hate about this is the screen.
+ibrahim kakeyi (limtless droid) HP made it ! Called Spectre 13 (with 3 Usb type c port)
wow ... amazing tecnology ... nice video..
I find it interested how accurate this guys predictions were with the laptop being the forerunner of apples new design. They did keep the fan, but pretty much everything else predicted was correct. Though it does look like the MacBook air held on and won the fight in the end, it got really long in tooth but eventually was refreshed and shortly after the MacBook was discontinued. Now they just need to kill the keyboard they started with this MacBook.
Me personally I think the "MacBook" should have been branded the MacBook Air, and the eventual MacBook Air refresh in 2018 should have been the new MacBook. Basically flipping the two names, keep the ultrabook the ultrabook and still make the MacBook a bit smaller but still capable. Letting the 2015 MacBook be the last device to have a USB-A port rater then the MacBook Air. Personally I think this device would have been better received if it was called the MacBook Air instead, but that is just my opinion.
What is there in bottom of the motherboard ? A battery ?
does this mean i can't upgrade the ssd since it's integrated?
ya
+freaker126 yes
:p
pretty much
+freaker126 yes sir ye
The fact that it doesn't require any cooling fans tells you how powerful this machine is. Lol.
+andrefrbk people who will pay a premium for a fan-less computer lol.. they simply put an ipad inside the body of a laptop.
lol
I laugh at the idiots who think a notebook this small is 'underpowered'. I understand that the price is way too high-as Apple is usually overpriced-but for the size, this is _near_ the best you can get. Play with one at best buy and you'll be surprised this thing even turns on.
+Nice shirt, man! You had to change your name huh
Wait, are you saying the 12 inch MacBook overheats? LOL you are silly, I have had my early 2015 MacBook for about a year now and never experinced heating issues. I edit FHD videos on here, play some light games and surf the web, never once had a problem. Love the laptop, only thing I wish it had were better integrated graphics. Like maybe the Intel HD 6000. Also I bought mine for $900.00 which comes with 512GB SSD, 1.2GHz Intel core m processor and 8GB ram. I do agree the $1600.00 for this laptop is bullshit but for the $900.00 I bought it for Id say its a good deal
Warren McClure maybe you aren't watching it for hardcore porn
Uncle Larry hmm, good idea. I will have to try that. Maybe something like 2 girls 13 guys and no cups? Or girls gone wild
Warren McClure something like that
The new keyboard seeps pretty good, although i'd still prefer a deeper press if it is to come to the macbook pro line.
Can you please crack open a Chromebook pixel 2015, that would be cool, thanks
Pfft! I still use the original Macbook Unibody model from 2008. Upgraded the ram to 8 GB's and a 512GB SSD. Runs like a dream on windows 7.
"I hope Apple doesn't forget about those of us who need to crack their notebook open every once in a while"
Apple will never forget about me, every new product they come out with will have something new to try to stop me.
Honestly, I don't think this guy understands that Apple uses pentalobe screws and a bunch of glue specifically to stop people from opening their devices up.
Dash Lambda It's Apple. If you don't buy it through them, they don't like it. Ever since Steve Jobs died, Apple has turned into a joke.
TheOCDninja
Honestly, the company was a joke before Jobs died.
They did some great things early on, but the only thing Apple has ever been is the 'great popularizer'. They take existing things, spruce them up a little, and tell people it's magical. That makes those things insanely popular, which drives other companies to make them better, and Apple uses what those companies did, makes it a little prettier, usually makes it thinner, and starts selling the result.
The last great thing they did was making the GUI a standard, the last almost-impressive thing they did was the iPhone, and the last at-least-notable thing they did was the iPad, all of which have now done much better many times by other companies and Apple just sits behind them with lesser products fueled by higher price tags.
It's actually kind of disgusting...
Dash Lambda If only it were so simple, every other company in the world would be doing the exact same thing (because it seems like it's working out pretty well for their profits).
any repair is virtually impossible, unfortunately,
Good knows if the macbook 12 '' has a sound when moved from side to side. comes the noise from the speaker
I was recently deciding on buying a Macbook / Pro for work on-the-go. I had to consider processing power, hardware connectivity, future software compatibility and reliability. Reliability is Apple's middle name so that's done. Future software compatibility is fine due to both Macbook and 2015 Macbook Pro being easily compatible with software I use for future updates. Now, the processing power. I needed something that will enable me to do very processor-hungry tasks e.g. creating mixdowns/bounces, whilst writing documents or browsing the web. The Macbook Pro won that with ease. The hardware connectivity; its obvious the Macbook is tremendously lacking in ports and adapters are flimsy and at the moment, expensive. The Macbook Pro had just about everything I needed in terms of ports to easily connect peripherals. The only thing I was lacking was a CD/DVD writer and burner, but I bought a USB drive to compensate. So from looking at what I need, I picked the Macbook Pro and I don't regret it, even after looking at the Macbook. It is incredibly thin, but for such a small powerhouse, the Macbook Pro is the ultimate in portable audio production for me.
i personally hate the new keyboard, because it essentially feels like typing on rock, and while typing, it shakes the screen. Just my opinion
Aadharsh Pannirselvam Yeah, but that's not the biggest problem. Lets start with heat. They keep on praising fanless design, but as soon as you run a resource intensive application, laptop heats up so bad, you can't keep it on your knees (some reviewers reported). Excessive heat will also result in premature death of your machine (cool processor is a happy processor). A lot of reviewers praise battery life, but as I said earlier, we live in a word of HD content, 1.1-1.3GHz processor in nowhere near fast enough for it, so it'll always run at its top 2+GHz speed, and that is 5-6 hours of real life usage, watching vids and whatnot. Shorter battery life means more frequent charging, and you can charge your battery only X amount of times. Battery (-ies) is not only integrated, it is glued in place, so you can't easily replace it (he should have tried to unglue it, maybe it's glued with a double sided sticky tape, and not with some epoxy-esque adhesive). And keyboard is also glued in place, together with those nasty sticky feeling short travel keys, you better be careful not to spill your soft drink on it. Trackpad is also too big for this machine, there's no place to rest your hands, resulting in unnecessary hand strain. So as you can see, not only is this machine not practical, it is also designed with planned obsolescence in mind. I'm actually surprised guys at CNET are not talking about this.
funky3ddy It also thermally throttles if the CPU is at full load for more than a 2-3 minutes. While modern CPU's can thermally throttle and last longer than almost every other part of the laptop, the throttling makes for lower performance on processes that consistently use a high amount of CPU time.
Well then get the air or pro
i own it, and plan on returning it shortly, for a rMBP at the same price
i went straight to the apple store, and was able to get a space grey model.
If anyone didn't know you can buy a base model Retina 13" MacBook Pro with Intel Core i5, 8GB RAM, 128GB SSD, and big battery for the same $1,299 price as this is.
***** 2015 model
Pat Dow Yeah, Idiotic people are buying the new Macbook instead of Macbook Pro.
Cesar Alvarez HD When you have the money to spend, is it really that big of a deal?
Cesar Alvarez HD Some people value weight over more power. There are people who don't care about gaming, picture editing, and video editing. But yea new technology will always be pricy. Personally I would wait for the next generation for a boost of performance and a lower price.
Pat Dow True, but you gotta notice that some people really don't need that much of power. Each person has his own preferences. So I might love to have a very portable device instead of a very powerful device but heavier. So it all goes back to the people. They have to make sure that what they want before buying the product
*Intel Graphics 5300
What are the specs of the internal ssd that came in this mac??
Crackin open a Gold one with the boys
What is the "Special screw driver" called ?
For that price, you can get a pretty decent gaming laptop that will max out virtually all modern games.
You give up far too much for the macbook, Battery replacement will be a major problem (keep in mind batteries do not last forever. after around 1-2 years of regular use, you will be at around half capacity or less on the battery.
If you have a laptop that is designed around having user replaceable batteries, the replacements are not only cheaper, but you can easily walk around with multiple batteries.
The way the keyboard is attached, means that replacing it will be very difficult, thus if it breaks, it will likely not be a simple $20 repair. The display is completely glued together so any damage too it, means that you are replacing the entire unit (including the housing).
The glue used on the batteries is very strong, and thus when removing older ones, you risk the batteries flexing to a point where they can potentially self short and set on fire if you do not slowly and carefully remove them.
I don't like to play games.
Even if you don't, if you have a system which can handle gaming, then it will also be very quick with many other tasks. In order to passively cool the macbook, they went with a very low end CPU.
Furthermore, you may not like to play games, but what about with the Witcher 3 comes out, will you still be able to not like playing games when a really good one comes out?
Razor2048 Oh, lawdy! Let my chuck my $2000 tablet in the trash! The new Witcher game is coming out!
Ok, so I have $1300 and need a slim gaming laptop with two requirements: 256gb+ ssd and a screen greater than 1080p. What should I buy, Mr Razor?
JayJapanB
If you want a higher res screen then you will be sacrificing on GPU to stay under the $1300 price point ($1025). Specs will still be far better than the macbook, for example www.amazon.com/Lenovo-15-6-Inch-Laptop-59425943-Black/dp/B00K6ZIMFY 4K display, 16GB memory,
The rest of the money can then be used to upgrade the storage with the 500GB 850 evo
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0ZX2D98079
you can then buy a cheap $10 usb external enclosure in order to use the old drive as external storage)
though you will have an 860m which will mean medium-high settings in modern games.
Other than that, it is very thin, though you give up having an internal DVD drive (and will have to use the external DVD drive if you need to use them)
PS it is not very common to get a retina style display on a gaming laptop as no gaming laptop comes with an internal GPU that is able to smoothly game at 4K, unless you are playing one of those league of legend style games, or are running games on low settings (which will look worst than going with 1080p). Thus they tend to stick with a 1080p display and then put the money into better processing components.
Razor2048 That laptop has great specs and price but many reviews there aren't too favourable... Remember, you aren't buying this to boast specs. You're buying this because you want a computer to use.
Aside from that I see the appeal in having a 1080p screen on a gaming notebook but I would personally prefer a lower end GPU and have a higher res screen.
Oh, and I don't buy into the battery half dying in 1-2 years. Hasn't happened to me before and I've had plenty of relatively modern mobile devices (phones, tablets and PCs) with lithium ion batteries and used them for extended periods of time with no significant loss over multiple years. In the past, yes, that was an issue but battery management these days has been improved so much with the influx of more mobile devices.
The MBA should stay around. The MacBook is very underpowered to an i5 or i7 on the MBA, so Apple should keep it as a middle product balancing performance and portability,
They will not need the air in the future because the MacBook will be just as then and more powerful and will have more usb types ports
+eastmountainfilms In time the new MacBook form will be norm for computers powered by i5/i7 class computers. We're not quite there yet. But this machine shows us the way
+eastmountainfilms The 1.3Ghz version of the 2016 macbook is better than a 2015 air and almost equal to a 13 inch base pro retina, according to geekbench scores. I really hope the pro coming out in june looks like this macbook and is at least as thin as this macbook is at its thickest point. And in space gray :P
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So how do you change the batteries when they go dead?
Lark Lindig You buy another Macbook, duh! -Apple
Compares to the retina 2013 i5 8gb ???
I think a lot of items should have the pentalope screw seems like u would never have to worry about stripping standard screwed tho the torx screw is another one that I've though was pretty cool
No fan! 🙄. What other laptops are fanless?
1 QUESTION!!!!! I DON'T SEE THE SSD OR HHD(idk lol) AROUND!!!?!
Alian Haidar ssd soldered onto motherboard
Dan Tran I know, but I just can't locate it
Which should i get? Macbook 12inch or the Raspberry Pi?
The Pi lol
so without fans how does the cpu warm down? it must be hot like hell
+Max Sullivan Gates depends on how you use it. This laptop most for those office worker who just open some Microsoft words, powerpoint, search the web and etc. If you push like video editing then it will get hot.
This Macbook looks so nice, Im excited to get it! Its disappointing that you cant upgrade anything without replacing the motherboard.
Also, the fact of that there is only 2 ports. But I have mine too! :) So ;) (And but from this year's ;, though ;P)
TheMaan2008 Yeah I ave had mine for about 5 days now and so far I am really liking it but that one port is annoying:p
what the hell do you expect
GLENNBECKFOREVER For there to at least be two usb type C ports so I can charge while transferring data or while having it hooked up to my tv. It would be cool if I could at least upgrade the SSD but I sort of understand since its so damn thin, thats why I went for the one with 512GB of storage
i was torn between this and the air, no up gradable ssd just made me decide. The only selling point on this thing is the retina display.
omg no fan inside. how if get heat??
They keyboard is terrible, it feels like I am typing on a sheet of paper with the keys embossed on it.
+jo l I can't stand the keyboard on this new Mac, I may not be that great at typing but still I like to have a decent keyboard. I thought the keyboards on HP laptops couldn't get any shallower but here Apple came out with this crap. Unless it's mechanical for desktop or of similar quality keyboard of a Lenovo or ASUS laptop, I don't want it.
+Peppe Ddu i love the keyboard, its shallow unlike mechanical keyboards, those suck
+Asir F. Ya the keyboard is shallow... Like your views on tech btw mechanical keyboards are way better
U make so many mistakes tho, I use those mechanical keyboard hat you have to press down, not just rest ur hand on it and it ochqbdpiavqpeueibrlxoapq away
where is the ssd unit?
Can you somehow add 2 USB ports?
Either you can attach an adapter or wait until someone comes with a 3-4 usb to type-C adapter.
No esd strap?
Amazing design. There's no laptop like this one!
***** That's cause this is a tablet in a laptop's body
Yeah that's crazy, so thin and light it competes with tablets.
***** It has the processing power of a 2012 MacBook Air, 480p camera and only one port...
***** no tablet costs 1200 dollars. it competes with ultrabooks.
Kristian Johnsen Same power as a MacBook air and more light and thin, that's sweet! Im not taking photos with my laptop so that doesn't matter to me. One port is not a problem for me.
that new MacBook looks like fun to work on.
They really have to sort out their naming scheme. They should call this new Macbook the Macbook Air, and then the old Macbook Air, the Macbook.
It may be thin but it thermal throttles like crazy down to 1ghz from the regular 2 so if I were you I would not buy this laptop as it is effected heavily by heat
so insane how small the logic board is
you have a mobile phone? smaller logicboard in everyone of those...
I wonder if it would be possible to replace the logic board on this computer with a snapdragon 810 chip. That might make it a bit faster, although it would most likely not run OS X. Lol of course I would never do that (post link to picture of me actually doing that)
That thing looks like all battery and no processor and power, I mean look at that super small motherboard not for me but I respect it if you want it as value is entirely subjective and a big thing looks like the battery having such a big battery to motherboard ratio should, in theory make the battery last super long
i have this its a very weak processor , just use it for YT FB twitter light browsing
I don't think Apple will stop the MacBook Air. It is an affordable, powerful and cost-effective laptop. This new one intends to be beautiful showpiece. That's why they call it Macbook, instead of retina MacBook Air.
mine is not powering on
Anyone else see a squarespace logo in center of the device?
If you are just going to do some light computing on the new MacBook, why not just grab a HP Stream 11> You'll save $1099 and can do nearly all the same things!
El Pollo Loco 51 Not everyone likes/wants Windows. This is also built far better than the Stream. A LOT better. Those things matter to many people.
TalesOfWar Still, the macbook airs, or even the mac mini who are a lot cheaper, and that can do the same things.
its a phone pretending to be a computer!
PHISHIT *tablet
Jonathan Hine whats a tablet? (hint, I'm from the future)
MonkeyspankO a pill thats makes you shit yourself, of course
Jonathan Hine you must be german (Tablette)
MonkeyspankO well it's generally a low powered big phone :P and has a touch screen usually. but the reason I said it was a tablet was cause it has a tablet processor in it (the core M)
Where's the hard drive ?
For a little less than the price of this I made a pc with:
I7 4790k @4.5Ghz
16GB Ram
250GB Samsung SSD
2TB WD HDD
Water cooled
Does it also fit in my glovebox?
Is it portable? No
Can you put it in a normal backpack? No
Does it have a battery? No
So shut up
If it had 2 USB C ports and a normal USB port I would have bought it
+Mil Man Bro, don't try to hide your poorness.
Germán S I have the spending capacity to buy one of these, I just bought a surface book instead of this and I cant be any happier. I've had absolutely no issues with the SB. It has all the ports I need and I don't need to carry around any dongles to plug in a USB. Oh and it detaches to become a tablet, so that's cool. Oh and it has discrete graphics. Oh and it has a 5 megapixel camera. Oh and its touchscreen. I can go on forever
Coming from a mac user, I agree that Apple did a bad job creating this device. The new keyboard and force touch trackpad might be something cool, but that Intel M chips is terrible. Why would anyone buy a laptop with this kind of cpu? And for this price too. But I've seen some ultrabooks from Lenovo with this chip in them at the same price, so I guess we shouldn't only hate Apple for doing this.
It looks like a mobile phone connected to a big screen / keyboard and extra batteries,maybe that's why only one usb....
Why is it so expensive but the circuit board is like a Rasperry Pi?
Wow, there was a reason I got the Pro. The ports.
Mine sucks for typing. Curser has a mind of its own and jumps around. Very frustrating.
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This is a beautiful piece of tech, yet I don't consider buying it since the price is really high.
Why only the price it's a shitty device too, maybe if you didn't have Thomas as your profile pic and you weren't 9 you'd know that
That's a good argument right there
You guys are so careful with the products, you need to check out how TechRax handles them. lol
well, SOMEBODY din't watch the Spring Forward event...
incredible
now it comes i rose gold, I got one lol.
"The Air's days are numbered". Lol haha
If the full upgraded version was 1200$ or less I would have bought it
Than ure dumb cuz you can buy a much much faster pc with that amount of money. And you can also build an OP pc. This is a tablet based laptop. I mean LOOK AT THE LOGIC BOARD!!!!! It looks the same as an iPad mini 3 or iPhone 5c logic board. Compare that one with an pc logic board.
This is an advertizing video not dis disassembly video
mido timo What? They're advertising a bad battery life, a terrible camera, and almost no storage?
The HP Stream 7 could beat this Macbook in performance, and you could buy 12 of them for the same price.
I don't quite understand why someone would buy this. What the hell do you do without USB ports? No mouse, no usb-stick, no external drives. Who doesn't need them? Also the processor with just 1,1GHz? Sounds really bad to me, or isn't it? 250GB storage could become quite a problem if you seriously wanna work on this thing and don't wanna have to move your data every 2 weeks. For that price you could get something way better. I don't think a few mm less are worth sacrificing good hardware, performance or temparature. Sure some people prefer iOS and they can do that, but the device itself just seems so unpractical and limiting to me.
Too many compromises, and one USB-C port is just ridiculous idea...
Its quite impressive how thin it is and it got a decent specs, but seriously get a damn macbook pro
The specs are terrible the iPhone 6s is smaller and has better performance
How the hell does it have good specs? It's 1GHz ffs, that's 2003 stuff!
Yeah but the clock speed dosent matter the thing has the computing power of a desktop from 2003
Completely unrelated: is this guy's background real or fake
jo l i'm not talking about the computer, I meant the set background.
Hey... Bill lost some weight.... Way to go buddy!
So Apple went back to their days of experimentation.. good on them! :D This may just be a proof of concept, and may be phased out at some point, but it's still kinda cool, nonetheless. I wouldn't buy it, my 17" MacBook Pro's way more suitable for me.
... in a way, this reminds me of when Apple changed their iMac design twice, in only 2 years.
"Cracking Open"...??
I think I've watched a movie with the same title, and it wasn't about TEC ;)
Nice
Basically a phone with bigger screen
I have a Macbook Pro 13" (2015). It is so boring to use! Promise!
is that all it is? wow. its basically an iPod
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I sincerely hope they don't put that keyboard in the MacBook Pro too. It's an AWFUL typing experience. The trackpad is awesome though, I'll give it that. Force touch is really good, feels like a proper click even though it isn't.
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IPad air 2 vs 2015 MacBook
***** They both lose
the new macs great for gaming
No.. Not the graphics 5000!! Its too much power.. :P
very good laptop but extremely expensive.. :(
No it's shitty an iPhone 6s almost outshines this as a: it does not thermal throttle during normal use (unlike the Mac book) and b: it costs less for a pretty much equivalent power and c: it's thermal throttling problems bring its processor speed down to 1 GHz the iPhones being 1.85 this makes the Mac book a tee able voice when it comes to laptops